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Your Sperm Quality Is Reducing? Stop These 7 Routine Activities Mynahcare If you wish to father a child, then sperm count and quality are critically important. Do you know some bad habits or activities can unknowingly harm your sperm? Here are 7 research-backed ways that you are ruining your sperm quality and count. Laptops Laptops can be dangerous if you use them on your lap. They can heat your testicles which can negatively affect your sperm production. In fact, a study indicated that men who use laptops on their lap regularly, their sperm’s motility decreases and DNA damages. This may hurt the chances of reproduction. Smoking Smoking contributes to 13% of male infertility cases. It damages the sperms in such a way that they are unable to fertilize the eggs. Even if they manage to create an embryo, it is less likely to survive. A puff of smoke may also cause hormonal imbalances and erectile dysfunction. Hot shower Watch out when you raise the temperature of your bath next time. Experts say that taking baths in very hot waters can heat your scrotum and decrease the sperm count. Scrotum is sac that stores sperms at 35 degree Celsius. Avoid prolonged exposure to hot water, moderate exposure is fine. Soap and detergent Sure, they are considered as the ultimate germ killer but it is not just germs they kill, you are also killing your chances of having a baby. Some antibacterial soaps, shampoos, detergents and toothpastes may contain triclosan. This chemical has been linked to . Beer A European study suggested that drinking 5 beers a week is enough to reduce the sperm quality in healthy men. The researchers advised that high habitual alcohol can affect men’s reproductive health and lower the chances of having a baby. However, semen quality can be restored if alcohol intake is reduced. Tight briefs When you wear tight briefs, your scrotum gets held more tightly against the body. It can warm the testicles and create a hostile environment for . Switch to wearing briefs as they can make you comfortable and also

If you wish to father a child, then sperm count and quality are critically important. Do you know some bad habits or activities can unknowingly harm your sperm? Here are 7 research-backed ways that you are ruining your sperm quality and count.
Laptops
Laptops can be dangerous if you use them on your lap. They can heat your testicles which can negatively affect your sperm production. In fact, a study indicated that men who use laptops on their lap regularly, their sperm’s motility decreases and DNA damages. This may hurt the chances of reproduction.
Smoking
Smoking contributes to 13% of male infertility cases. It damages the sperms in such a way that they are unable to fertilize the eggs. Even if they manage to create an embryo, it is less likely to survive. A puff of smoke may also cause hormonal imbalances and erectile dysfunction.
Hot shower
Watch out when you raise the temperature of your bath next time. Experts say that taking baths in very hot waters can heat your scrotum and decrease the sperm count. Scrotum is sac that stores sperms at 35 degree Celsius. Avoid prolonged exposure to hot water, moderate exposure is fine.
Soap and detergent
Sure, they are considered as the ultimate germ killer but it is not just germs they kill, you are also killing your chances of having a baby. Some antibacterial soaps, shampoos, detergents and toothpastes may contain triclosan. This chemical has been linked to .
Beer
A European study suggested that drinking 5 beers a week is enough to reduce the sperm quality in healthy men. The researchers advised that high habitual alcohol can affect men’s reproductive health and lower the chances of having a baby. However, semen quality can be restored if alcohol intake is reduced.
Tight briefs
When you wear tight briefs, your scrotum gets held more tightly against the body. It can warm the testicles and create a hostile environment for . Switch to wearing briefs as they can make you comfortable and also keep the scrotal temperature elevated.
Smartphone

Keeping your smartphone in the trouser pocket can spell trouble for you. An American study suggested that phones emit electromagnetic radiation and can have undesirable effects on the cells responsible for development of sperm inside the testicles.



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