What can threaten a man’s fertility?
It seems that nothing can be more natural that to produce a child. But unfortunately today health of many men and women does not allow to do it in a natural way. If the couple cannot conceive a child for one year or so, it means that they have fertility problem. Those dark times when everybody was sure that infertility was only a woman’s disease, have already passed away. Now statistics say that a third of infertility cases are due to male infertility. According to researches, 10% of Americans face the infertility problem. Just imagine, it’s about 6.1 million!
Men’s infertility can be caused by ejaculation problems, abnormal sperm and low sperm count. Also a man sometimes cannot produce a sperm at all. An abnormality of sperm means that is was malformed or has a short life period which is not enough to fertilize a woman’s egg.
In general words, we can say, that your fertility depends upon your general health. If you have no health problems, there is a big chance that there are no problems with your sperm too. You sperm health is based upon your lifestyle habits. It can be threatened by using nicotine, drugs and alcohol. According to all researches, smoking significantly decreases the sperm quality and count.
One of the most common reasons of infertility is malnutrition, especially when we have a deal with deficiency in zinc and vitamin C.
Among the most severe reasons of both male and female infertility are different infections like tuberculosis, fevers, adult mumps, anemia or sexually transmitted diseases like Chlamydia or gonorrhea. Be careful, because during a sexual intercourse you can easily transmit your infection to your partner making her infertile. Also, you must check if you suffer from epididymitis, prostatitis or orchitis.
Male infertility can be also caused by the long-term use of some medications. Among them there are cancer-treating agents, antidiarrheal sulfasalazine, anti-fungal medication like ketonazole, azulfidine and such antibiotics as nitrofurans and macrolides. Before starting to take any medicine, read Addiction and get professional advice from a doctor. Also, be careful using anabolic steroids which are known to cause infertility and testicular shrinkage.
Male infertility can be threatened by trauma, testes injury and testosterone deficiency. Also it can be structural abnormality of vas deferens or varicocele, when a varicose of testes veins provokes overheat of testicle and as a result death of sperm cells.
As we already said at the beginning some threats to your fertility are connected with your lifestyle, especially with stress level and intensive exercises. When you exercise a lot, your body produces excessive amounts of adrenal steroid hormones which decrease the amount of testosterone. Any source of heat is also harmful to your sperm health. Avoid hot tubs, saunas, overheated vehicles, hot work environment, jogging in tight underwear. Such substances as pesticides, paint, lead, benzene, radiation (even X-ray), boron, mercury and heavy metals are very dangerous not only for your fertility, but for your general health also. Click here to read more articles on men's health.
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