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Smoking Hampers Male Fertility
October 18, 2005
Smoking hampers men's sexual health as it reduces
fertility in men, and the more one smokes, the more the ability
of sperm to bind to an egg is diminished, a new study finds. Researchers
studied the sperm of 18 men who had smoked at least four cigarettes
a day for more than two years. Using a test called the Hemizona
Assay, the scientists compared sperm function in the 18 smokers
with the sperm of non-smokers
The researchers found that the sperm from almost two-thirds of the
smokers failed the test. Although none was infertile, their sperm
function was greatly reduced. All of them had little fertilizing
capacity. They were not sterile but they lost their fertilizing
capacity due to smoking. The research team also found out that the
more one smoked, the more the binding capacity was compromised.
If you're smoking and you're infertile, you better stop smoking,
because you're not helping your chances. It's just one of the many
negative impacts that smoking has on the human body, and it's another
reason why one shouldn't smoke.
To read more visit:
http://www.health24.com/news/Fertility_problems/1-910,33545.asp |
