According to a German study, the Chinese coronavirus can cause male fertility in the long run, with a significant effect on sperm quality over a period of 60 days.
Researchers at Justus-Liebig University compared 84 coronavirus-infected men with a 104-year-old custom control group, and according to the Telegraph, that “sperm concentration was reduced by 516 per cent, mobility by 209 per cent and sperm cell form was changed by 400 per cent”.
“These effects on sperm cells are associated with lower sperm quality and reduced fertility potential,” explained PhD student Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, who led the research.
“Although these effects tended to improve over time, they remained significantly and abnormally higher in the Covid-19 patients, and the extent of these changes was also related to the severity of diseases,” Maleki added, warning that ‘the male reproductive system must be taken into account. a vulnerable route of Covid-19 infection and must be declared a high-risk organ by the World Health Organization. ‘
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However, some experts have suggested that long-term studies would be needed to determine whether the impact of coronavirus on male fertility continues over time.
“Covid-19 enters the host cells by binding the spike glycoprotein to the ACE2 receptor found at high levels within the testes,” said Dr. Channa Jayasena of Imperial College London explains.
“It worried us that Covid-19 could harm male infertility,” Jayasena continued, but added that “getting sick from any virus like flu can temporarily lower your sperm count (sometimes to zero). for several weeks or months. ”
“This makes it difficult to determine how much of the reduction observed in this study was specific to Covid-19, rather than just being sick,” he said.
‘This study suggests that an inflammatory response in the testes to Covid-19 may occur, making it more likely that Covid-19 affects male fertility.
“This makes it important to study the long-term effects of Covid-19 on male fertility.”
Andrology expert Professor of the University of Sheffield Professor Allan Pacey sounded a similar warning, saying it could not ‘repeat’ the study. [its] measurements every 10 days over a period of 60 days ”, but that“ since sperm production only takes less than three months to complete from start to finish ”, it can be terminated too early to get definitive results.
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