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Mr Paul Erotocritou
Numan
What kind of things affect fertility in men?
Dr Paul Erotocritou lists some of the things that can affect fertility in men, including age, smoking, high alcohol intake, and excessive weight.
Transcript
Certainly, we know with age as a man, our sperm count and quality goes down, but there are a number of other factors that can also reduce this, such as smoking, excessive body weight, high alcohol intake, recreational drugs. We also know anatomical issues around the testicles, such as dilated veins around the testicle, known as a varicocele can affect sperm production and quality, as also can having undescended testicles as a child. However, what we do know when being assessed for infertility, it's important that you are assessed as a couple, as it may not always being down to male infertility issues.