Stress Impacts Male Fertility

Stress is the most over used term these days and there are numerous problems that stress causes like asthma, heart problems, constant headaches, obesity, depression and many more. Infertility is said to occur when a couple fails to conceive despite of one year of trying without any protection. Many researches in the past have shown the results that stress is the main factor that causes infertility in men. One of the very popular myth is that infertility is always a woman’s problem. In fact out of 100% nearly 30% of all infertility cases, the cause is attributed to a problem in the male, 30% of cases, the cause is attributed in female and 40% to both combined male and female factors. The main cause of male infertility is the abnormalities in sperm which includes low sperm production or immobile sperm. In addition to this one’s lifestyle plays a pivotal role in fertility levels. In today’s time stress is
inevitably creeping into our lives and increasing cases of infertility globally. This has been scientifically established by comparing fertility levels of men in the older times compared to the present scenario with a definite increase in stress levels also on comparison. 

Men with hectic jobs are at the highest risk of infertility especially those who works in night shifts are affected more as compared to men working in morning shifts as their biological clock is very badly disturbed. They sleep during the day and to keep themselves awake, they often smoke, which damages the system further. The stress at work place and sitting for long hours at work stations is also found to have lower levels of the hormone testosterone in their semen, which could affect reproductive health. 

Being stressed can also affect your relationship with your partner by lowering your sex drive and making you less interested to have sex. Further alcohol consumption can be harmful for sperm quality too. Men who drink heavily on a regular basis have lowered sperm counts and testosterone levels which further reduce the sperm quantity and quality both. Also, it may take longer for your partner to become pregnant mainly if you smoke heavily as smoking increases the levels of lead in the blood which affects the sperm concentration, motility and morphology. 

Thanks to the technology today we have many treatments available to treat infertility also there are numerous method today to reduce stress like taking a short break from your work, doing deep breathing exercises, indulge in some relaxing activity etc. If these don’t help you out then please do consult a good IVF specialist for the infertility treatment.