Smokers' sperm lower quality - harder for sperm to bind tightly to an egg

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Smokers' sperm lower quality - harder for sperm to bind tightly to an egg

Category: Fertility News

Article 18 Oct 2005

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If you are a smoker and are planning or trying to have children, it

may be a good idea to give up (smoking). According to a new study

funded by Philip Morris, smoker's sperm is less likely to bind tightly

to the egg. The sperm has to do this for fertilization to take place.

 

Head researcher, Lani Burman, University of Buffalo Medical School,

USA said that male fertility is seriously undermined as a result of

smoking, especially heavy smokers.

 

Burman added that smoking affects the DNA of sperm. If a sperm has a

fault, the baby inherits it. If you are a smoker, says Burman, and you

are concerned about, this there are two things you can do: Firstly,

give up smoking. Secondly, go to an andrology lab and have your sperm

tested.

 

Burman presented his findings at the American Society for Reproductive

Medicine (ASRM).

asrm.org