Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Here's How Disruptive Cigarette Male Fertility

Smoking not only increases the risk of various chronic diseases, but also fertility problems in men. This, because the content of harmful than cigarette smoke can damage sperm quality.

"In the existing smoke Reactive Oxygen Species or ROS that generates free radicals in the body. These free radicals that can damage the genetic material of the sperm," explained the doctor Specialist Obstetrics and Gynecology Budi Wiweko in IVF SMART seminar in Jakarta, Tuesday (22/12/2015 ).


The doctor who was familiarly called Iko said, poor sperm quality are often the cause of married couples have no children despite regular sexual intercourse.Iko revealed that about 35 percent of fertility problems are caused by poor sperm quality.


In the same occasion, the doctor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist Yanuar Yassin explained, damage to the genetic material can create sperm cells fail to fertilize the egg."Perhaps the number and movement of sperm nice. But fitting seen, damaged DNA material, so baseball is able to fertilize," said Yassin.




Sperm damaged genetic material will affect the quality of the embryos. Therefore, for couples going through IVF, doctors will not only see the condition of the egg and the woman's uterus, but also the quality of male sperm.

The good news, bad quality of sperm still can intervene to improve the chances of pregnancy wife when following IVF."The number one cigarette must stop first. Then evaluated, we give high doses of antioxidants. We evaluate again after two or three months," said Iko.

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