Can I have children if I have ankylosing spondylitis?

There are many types of diseases clinically, and some diseases can also affect people's reproductive function. Ankylosing spondylitis is a disease that troubles many people. This disease seriously affects people's lives and physical health. Whether men or women have ankylosing spondylitis, they should pay attention to it and take timely treatment measures. Can I have children if I have ankylosing spondylitis?

1. The burden of pregnancy is relatively large

In the late stage of ankylosing spondylitis, the sacroiliac joints and pubic symphysis will fuse, which will make it impossible for the pelvic bones to open during childbirth, making delivery difficult. For patients in the late stage of the disease, with severe joint or spinal deformities and inability to take care of themselves, it will be very difficult to bear the burden of pregnancy and childbirth, and this should be carefully considered. If you want to have a normal and healthy child, you must choose to get pregnant during a relatively stable period of your condition, or adopt a reasonable and optimal plan under the guidance of a doctor to try to prevent the birth of a deformed fetus. If there are abnormal conditions during pregnancy, the pregnancy should be terminated decisively to ensure the safety of the pregnant woman and avoid the birth of a deformed baby.

2. Little impact

Except for a few patients with severe limb and spinal deformities who cannot have sexual life, most patients with ankylosing spondylitis will not suffer adverse effects on their reproductive organs, sexual function and reproductive function. First of all, whether ankylosing spondylitis occurs in men or women, it will not have adverse effects on the patient's reproductive organs and reproductive functions.

3. Can patients with ankylosing spondylitis have children?

The probability that children of patients with ankylosing spondylitis will develop the disease is only 20%-30%. Some ankylosing spondylitis patients, even if they are HLA-B27 antigen positive, their children are not all positive. Even if their children are positive, they will not necessarily get the disease, because about 5% of normal people can be HLA-B27 antigen positive. Drugs such as sulfasalazine, methotrexate, and tripterygium wilfordii used to treat ankylosing spondylitis have certain effects on gonads, but they are all reversible. There are also reports that methotrexate has the side effect of causing fetal malformations, but most of them appear after taking a large dose. However, from the perspective of eugenics, when preparing for childbirth, the drug should be stopped half a year or more in advance, which generally does not affect the quality of childbearing.