Interesting article on the decline of men's sperm

[Hols969]

dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

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Kind of spinny. I'd like to see the actual studies done because I'd get a better picture. Seems to focus solely on the UK despite making claims of "In the West" and in that regard seems kind of poorly researched. I know most clinics in the States absolutely look at men as the possible issue and give treatment to increase sperm viability, and despite what the Dr in Ohio said, ferility specialists are not "exclusively gynecologists" there. Sperm banks often test samples for viability as well and contact the men who donated to let them know there is an issue often before children become a priority.

Also something about the husbands complaining about being "accessories" has me annoyed. It's like, YES, of course women absolutely love the stereotype their man is perfectly fine, it must be them if they can't conceive.

[Hols969 in reply to Hidden]

I was quite shocked my husbands sperm was so bad as had lots of dead and two tailed sperm as he rarely drank, didn't smoke, ate well, I also presumed as he is bald and hairy it would be good lol - it wasn't which made it more difficult to conceive.

I think the UK and the US have quite different takes on things, not sure if it due to NHS verses private but opinions of consultants is quite different.

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Huh. From my perspective it's pretty common and I don't get why it's only now being looked into here. Overweight can cause a bit of estrogen excess in men which can affect it, but it doesn't cover everything in the least. Even the kind of underwear worn can help or hinder, and there's these "belts" that can be worn to reduce temperature of the gonads, thinking of the varicose vein guy; there's a lot of stuff men can do to improve sperm count and viability, from surgery to not wearing tighties.

I know they do, and yeah, they are very different, ask me about my surgeries sometime. The UK is a bit out of date when it comes to medical practices as far as I've seen and I'm fairly certain it's because of what the NHS and NICE says the doctors can and can't do. Second opinions are also pretty valuable as a health standard and they aren't as easy to come by here, I think.