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Hi Doc, my boyfriend is taking epilim for his epilepsy but drinks alcohol too much every single day.we have just started trying for a baby .Can epilim affect his sperm count and are there male patients on Epilim and they still ok to have babies without Epilim affecting them.If Epilim affects my boyfriends fertility is there anything that could be done? Many thanks.
Fri, 13 Feb 2015
General & Family Physician, Dr. Vasudha's Response
Hi, I can understand your concern. Epilim is not known to have any effect on sperm quality & the medicine does not have bad effect on growth of the baby. Epilepsy being a genetically transferred disease , the children of one epileptic parents getting the transfer is 50%. A chromosomal analysis should be done to exclude such possibility. Thanks.
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Does Epilim Affect Sperm Quality?
Hi, I can understand your concern. Epilim is not known to have any effect on sperm quality & the medicine does not have bad effect on growth of the baby. Epilepsy being a genetically transferred disease , the children of one epileptic parents getting the transfer is 50%. A chromosomal analysis should be done to exclude such possibility. Thanks.