Posted on 06/28/2023 12:50:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
More than three months after suffering from mild COVID infection, men have lower sperm concentrations and fewer sperm that are able to swim, according to findings.
"We do not know how long it might take for semen quality to be restored and it may be the case that COVID has caused permanent damage, even in men who suffered only a mild infection."
They found a statistically significant difference in semen volume (down 20% from 2.5 to 2 milliliters), sperm concentration (down 26.5% from 68 to 50 million per ml of ejaculate), sperm count (down 37.5% from 160 to 100 million per milliliter of semen), total motility i.e. being able to move and swim forwards (down 9.1% from 49% to 45%) and numbers of live sperm (down 5% from 80% to 76%).
Prof. Núñez-Calonge said motility and the total sperm count were the most severely affected. Half of the men had total sperm counts that were 57% lower after COVID compared to their pre-COVID samples.
When the researchers looked at the group of men who provided a sample later than 100 days after COVID, they found that sperm concentration and motility had still not improved over time.
"It is particularly interesting that this decrease in semen quality occurs in patients with mild COVID infection, which means that the virus can affect male fertility without the men showing any clinical symptoms of the disease," said Prof. Núñez-Calonge.
"We did not measure hormonal levels in this study: intense changes in testosterone, a key player involved in male reproductive health, has previously been reported in COVID-infected male patients."
Professor Carlos Calhaz-Jorge commented, "It’s important to note that the semen quality in these patients after a COVID infection is still within the World Health Organization's criteria for 'normal' semen and sperm.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Horse paste helps in more ways than one, ya know...
J&J (and AstraZeneca) inserted DNA into the nucleus which then produces the mRNA to create the spike proteins.
J&J (and AstraZeneca) inserted DNA into the nucleus which then produces the mRNA to create the spike proteins.
... not to mention this article is about COVID19 infections, not vaccines of any sort.
On the source page there's a link to a study trying to reduce Vaxx-hesitancy titled Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do no harm to male fertility, says study
Its a 6/2021 publication when people were being vaxxed but they were lying on a daily basis and they'd "proved" that HCQ and Ivermectin had no efficacy against Covid.
Just for the record, after President Trump mentioned Dr. Zelenko and HCQ the CDC rushed HCQ studies but they forgot the Zinc.
Quercetin, HCQ and Ivermectin reduce or prevent Covid-19 replication in our cells as Zinc ionophores helping to get Zinc into our cells.
I am a Doctor - just not of Medicine. It used to say JD on my business card. ;-)
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