Covid-19 destroys Male fertility-German Scientist
A group of German scientists have suggested that covid-19 could affect the fertility of men. In their study they found that the quality of semen deteriorates in group of men with Covid-19. The scientist analysed 84 men with Covid- 19 for 60 days and found that the concentration of sperm was reduced by 516% mobility by 209%, while the shape of patients' sperm was altered by 400%.
Although common flu tends to cause a temporarily sperm counts to drop for weeks or even month, before recovering the scientist believe the result for people who recovered from covid-19 was severe compared to flu sufferers and have then called for a long-term research to provide more evidence before a link can be proven certain.
According to Dailymail
Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, a PhD student who led the research, said: 'These effects on sperm cells are associated with lower sperm quality and reduced fertility potential. Although these effects tended to improve over time, they remained significantly and abnormally higher in the Covid-19 patients, and the magnitude of these changes were also related to disease severity.'
Prof Allan Pacey, an expert in andrology at the University of Sheffield, urged caution, warning: 'Since sperm production takes just under three months, roughly, to be completed from start to finish, in my opinion they ended the study 30 days too soon.' Other experts have suggested viruses such as the flu can cause a temporarily sperm counts to drop for weeks or even months, before recovering.
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The suggestion that Covid-19 could affect the fertility of men has generated a lot of reactions from the twitter community, and as usual owupress intends to present varying views on this topic so people can express their opinions.
Another twitter post suggested that doctors found the virus in men who died of Covid-19
This is another post in Jan 2020 alluding to worries of link between covid and fertility
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