Attention MEN: your sperm is at RISK

[Herman Munster]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2658732.ece

Chlamydia, the sexually transmitted infection (STI) carried by one in ten sexually-active young British adults can make men infertile by damaging the quality of their sperm, new research has shown.

While the condition, which usually passes undetected, has long been known to threaten female fertility, scientists from Spain and Mexico have now established that it presents similar risks for men.

Men with chlamydia have three times the normal number of sperm with genetic damage that can impair their ability to father children, the study found.

Antibiotic treatment can reverse the effect, and preliminary results indicate that it may dramatically enhance pregnancy rates when couples are trying for a baby. But the discovery suggests that the prevalence of the disease may be contributing to infertility across an entire generation of young adults.

[TahitiNut]

1. My hobbies protect me.

... and make it moot. :shrug:


:evilgrin:

[Blashyrkh]

2. Meh. My sperm are just fine. Cheaper than getting a vasectomy at least.

[BlueIris]

3. Kick.

[Sparkly]

4. One in TEN?!?

I had no idea! How high is the rate in the U.S.?

[BlueIris]

5. Google is your friend.

[TahitiNut]

8. Safer to screw in the Northeast. (Just stay away from women)

:evilgrin:

[MercutioATC]

6. Gee, and to think I actually PAID a surgeon to make sure I was sterile....

...what a ripoff....I could have just had sex with a British hooker.....

[Ravy]

9. Me too. I was so relieved when they checked it 6 weeks after and zero count.

It took me like 2 hours to fill up that bottle they wanted the sample in....

[cuke]

7. Big deal. Warn me about something I might actually use someday

like that bicycle that's sitting in the hallway

[BlueIris]

10. Kick.

[lateo]

11. Meh, don't need them anymore...

Bring it on!

[Thothmes]

12. No problem

After two kids, got fixed

[Katherine Brengle]

13. I find it interesting how unconcerned so many men are about their sexual health.

Don't forget, the disease you don't care about can still hurt other people.

[and-justice-for-all]

14. Im not reproducing....

spreading my DNA was never in my Genes and it gets wrapped up in the event of fornication.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

15. OK. No worries.

Thought this was another Larry Craig post. :crazy: