Is it true that Tuberculosis TB can cause...

[Alea S]

...infertility? Found nothing on the web.? There are three elderly members of our neighbor's family, all are over 80, who had TB as children. The 2 girls and 1 boy were in TB hospitals in Norway for quite a while. All three are infertile. Their other 6 brothers anfd sisters did not have TB and they all had at least 1 child.This is very interesting to us. TB is making a come-back in Europe. Many from Eastern Europe and non-Western immigrants are bringing this into Scandinavia nad Europe. Any info or experience with this out there?

[Vanessa]

TB is not just limited to the lungs. TB can spread to other organs, including your fallopian tubes. If the infection is active then it causes scar tissue which can cause tubular infertility.See this link, the article is long so you read it!http://www.drmalpani.com/tuberculosis-and-infertility.htmBut any infection that can cause damage and scar tissue(which all do) Will have consequences in the organ they affected impairing its function so in this case if it is in the reproductive organs the end result is infertility.

[DoctorSchultz]

Disseminated tuberculosis can infect any organ of the body including inside the abdominal cavity, the ovaries and fallopian tubes. thus the infertility.Rapid weight loss associated with TB may also interrupt ovulation, thus causing infertility.Regards,David Schultz, M.D.Richmond, Va

www.faqs.org (http://www.faqs.org/health/Sick-V4/Tuberculosis.html)