Semen, Sperm Defects Signs of High Risk of Dying Men – Study

May 18, 2014 Posted by Staff

A recent study showed that men with defective semen and sperm are more likely to die early when compared to men with healthy semen.

The study published in the online issue of Human Reproduction on May 16 claimed that the researchers have driven the conclusion post analysis of the medical records of patients over the period of 8 years.
Dr. Michael Eisenberg, assistant professor of urology and Stanford University School of Medicine’s director of male reproductive medicine and surgery and his research team studied the medical records of 12,000 menmen between the age of 20 and 50.

Knowing this, doctors who treat men for infertility should advise them to adopt healthy habits that might boost their survival, said Eisenberg.

“There may be a window of opportunity here. When they see their doctor they could do some other things that might benefit them.” “I see this as an opportunity to pay more attention to your health and be more proactive.”

The medical records involved the patients who visited the Baylor College of medicine and Stanford School of medicine for a check on infertility. The facts on patient semen quality including, volume, shape, sperm count and movement, were recorded by the doctors.

Those with abnormalities in their semen were found to have 2.3 times higher risk of early death compared to men with healthy semen.

Dr Eisenberg said men who are concerned about infertility are men who want to have children.

He added: ‘If you’re trying to have a child, you’re probably reasonably healthy at the moment and in mental shape to be planning for your future.’

Now Dr Eisenberg and his colleagues are trying to figure out why this is happening, however they forecast that infertility may be caused by pre-existing general health problems.

‘We are starting to do prospective data collections now, through a collaboration involving several centres.’

“This striking increased death rate in men with abnormal semen parameters highlights the urgency and need to investigate the causes of male infertility and not to just proceed with assisted reproductive technologies,” said Dr. Natan Bar-Chama, director of male reproductive medicine and surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City who was not a part of the study.

Gibscreen

Awful article. Doesn’t explain anything. What’s their definition of defective? If they mean abnormally shaped, then most men fall into this category because normal morphology is only expected in about 4% of sperm. Is low motility considered defective? Did I mention it was an awful article?
- uncle uncle
  
  cum on really?
  - Gibscreen
    
    Funny comment. Not sure if you’re questioning my percentages, but yes really.
martykayzee

Evolution favors the offspring of the most adaptable. This is Darwin’s way of telling you that you’re useless for reproduction and therefore not adaptable for the next generation.
- vucja
  
  These men could have been more exposed to environmental toxins than others but that was probably not investigated.
  - martykayzee
    
    That’s assuming that sundry undifferentiated “toxins” specifically cause testicular damage that lead to sperm damage. Ultraviolet light, medical x-rays, frequent flying, stress, pesticides and pharmaceuticals may be suspect. You would have to raise a boy, or a population of boys, in a bubble to experimentally control for same.
    - vucja
      
      It doesn’t seem too difficult to even casually assess an individual’s exposure to some of those things you mention, as a starting point with reliable self-reporting persons.
      - martykayzee
        
        It may not seem difficult to you, but in no way could it be remotely considered as scientific.
      - vucja
        
        There has to be a beginning. The reason we know about Lyme Disease is because some Eastern women didn’t take the usual explanation for juvenile arthritis and pushed for a scientific explanation, which they ultimately received, thanks to a scientist.
        Questionnaires are used in scientific research; they can point the way where to begin a controlled study.
      - vucja
        
        This what statistics and epidemiologists are for, but there has to be a reason to employ them.
Old Beau

Who cares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Mel Elston
  
  The article avoids to mention only 69 people of 12000 die, which taking some of the candidates may be nearing their 50’s also some infertility is caused by other illness such as heart complications, it’s not as big of a deal. Sometimes some of these studies are proclaimed to get attention and some grant money. There are a whole population of specific communities in S. Africa and India where chromosome issues affect male fertility and they live as normal life as anyone else. Stop listening to these types of money solicitation propaganda.
  - vucja
    
    So, we ask if the study controlled for age, known genetic issues, etc.
  - vucja
    
    If we’re at all scientifically inclined, we don’t just close our minds at the outset. Think of the things we take for granted now which once were considered scientific heresy.
Tom Hunter

I hear they have hearing and memory loss also.
SayHi2YourMom4Me

Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great.
If a sperm gets wasted, God gets quite irate!
Ronie Fisher

I don’t believe there is any correlation. I’d like to know exactly WHO did this Research, and, HOW it was DONE…. How they drew the conclusions and correlations that they did.
- vucja
  
  Of course we would like to know more, who, why, how, but intuitively, I’d bet my money on correlation.
  - Ronie Fisher
    
    I respectfully disagree.
Cheeky Bum

What crazies responding to this article!

Any rational man, me included, would gratefully submit a semen sample at LabCore or another testing facility if it meant the discovery of a life ending health issue.

Get it,,,,,life ending.

Any rational woman would also have her husband or boyfriends semen tested for the same. Women know when a man has reproductive problems!

Sick man – Sick semen.

A simple quick test can keep you alive!
- vucja
  
  Please don’t include me as a crazie! Appreciate it.
Ronie Fisher

Here: I have a Theory: How about this: When a Man finds out he’s Infertile, he gets very Depressed–just like a Woman. He starts drinking and drinking, and, in the long run dies of Cirrohis (sp.?), of the Liver, and/or, slashes his Wrists, thus dying way Earlier in Life than a Man who is Fertile, (No (deformed/defective) Sperm Problems. I think that’s a much better correlation than what the article said. I like MY Theory BETTER !! ha, true.