Threats to male fertility

Both men and women must be healthy in order to produce a child. When a couple can not conceive after one year, you may experience infertility problems. Segundo a pesquisa, Infertilidad afecta a 10% dos americanos (ou cerca de 6.1 milhões de euros) na idade reprodutiva. Contrary to popular myth, infertility is not always the problem of "woman". One third of cases (about 35% due to factors of male infertility.

Male infertility may be due to several factors, including low sperm count (or nothing), problems with ejaculation, or "abnormal" sperm, which is considered wrong and have a short life.

In general, your fertility depends on your overall health. If you live a healthy lifestyle, there is a high probability that their sperm will be healthy too. There are a number of threats that can affect male fertility. Nicotine, alcohol and drugs (eg, marijuana and cocaine) are on top of the list. According to studies, smoking a sharp decline in sperm count and the overall health of sperm cells.

Malnutrition Poor (power) may also contribute to male infertility, including deficiency of vitamin C and zinc in your diet. Some diseases (tuberculosis, fever, anemia, in adulthood, and mumps), and infection as a suspect. These infections, diseases of the reproductive system, such as epididymitis, orchitis, and prostatitis. Some STDs, like chlamydia and gonorrhea also damages the vas deferens. The risk of transmission of the partner, which is the cause of infertility.

Some drugs also believes that the causes of male infertility. This includes the treatment of anticancer agents (eg, chemotherapy), anti-fungal drugs (ketoconazole), a drug dell'antidiarroico (sulfasalazine), Azulfidine (medicine for the treatment of ulcerative colitis), and some groups of antibiotics (nitrofurans and macrolides ). Furthermore, the use of anabolic steroids is also known to cause testicular atrophy and sterility.

Other threats to male fertility also testosterone deficiency, trauma or injury to the testicles, structural defects or block the vas deferens, and varicocele, varicose Vienna in the testicle that produces too much heat damage and killing sperm.

Some of them are also related to lifestyle, such as excessive stress, exercise is very intense (this may reduce sperm count, creating high levels of steroid hormones, which reduce the amount of testosterone in the body), tight underwear or jogging pants, hot tub, saunas, or something that raises the temperature of the scrotum, including overheated vehicles and hot work environment and exposure to environmental hazards such as pesticides, paints containing lead, mercury , benzene, boron, radiation (X rays), radioactive substances and heavy metals.