Man 'cooks' his sperm with laptop
ARE your sperm sacred to you? Then jump off your bike, wear boxer shorts and keep your laptop on a table.
The sensitive little buggers can be crushed or fried if you do the wrong thing, making it hard to conceive.
Doctors have told a UK man, 30, that his laptop was cooking his sperm and that’s why he and his wife were struggling to have a baby – tests had shown he was producing enough sperm but that they suffered heat damage.
According to the Daily Mail, Scott Reed then put his laptop on his desk instead of his lap and three months later his wife Laura was pregnant.
Previously, researchers have put thermometers on men’s scrotums while they used computers on their laps and found that within 10 to 15 minutes temperatures rose to levels known to damage sperm.
They found using a cooling pad or pillow didn’t help, and surprisingly the men did not even notice the elevated temperature.
Prof Norman, director of the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute, says it’s not a common problem because most people don’t work all day with their laptops on their laps.
“Heat and testes are not good, and putting a laptop on your lap would generate heat in the area ... but I don’t know many people who just sit with a laptop on their groin all day,” he said.
Prof Norman said in the scheme of things there are worse things you can do.
“There are much more important problems with people who work in a hot environment, in constricted underpants, with varicocele (varicose veins) in the teste area,” he said, adding that bike riding could also affect your swimmers.
“Bike riding has been thought to be associated because obviously you’ve got very tight underpants, a lot of heat, and possible trauma to the testes.”
A 2010 study suggested just five hours in the saddle could lead to fewer and less active sperm.
Aside from keeping your testicles cool and unrestricted, experts recommend men exercise regularly, eat well, maintain a healthy weight and quit smoking for healthy sperm.
---news.com.au
ARE your sperm sacred to you? Then jump off your bike, wear boxer shorts and keep your laptop on a table.
The sensitive little buggers can be crushed or fried if you do the wrong thing, making it hard to conceive.
Doctors have told a UK man, 30, that his laptop was cooking his sperm and that’s why he and his wife were struggling to have a baby – tests had shown he was producing enough sperm but that they suffered heat damage.
According to the Daily Mail, Scott Reed then put his laptop on his desk instead of his lap and three months later his wife Laura was pregnant.
Previously, researchers have put thermometers on men’s scrotums while they used computers on their laps and found that within 10 to 15 minutes temperatures rose to levels known to damage sperm.
They found using a cooling pad or pillow didn’t help, and surprisingly the men did not even notice the elevated temperature.
Prof Norman, director of the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute, says it’s not a common problem because most people don’t work all day with their laptops on their laps.
“Heat and testes are not good, and putting a laptop on your lap would generate heat in the area ... but I don’t know many people who just sit with a laptop on their groin all day,” he said.
Prof Norman said in the scheme of things there are worse things you can do.
“There are much more important problems with people who work in a hot environment, in constricted underpants, with varicocele (varicose veins) in the teste area,” he said, adding that bike riding could also affect your swimmers.
“Bike riding has been thought to be associated because obviously you’ve got very tight underpants, a lot of heat, and possible trauma to the testes.”
A 2010 study suggested just five hours in the saddle could lead to fewer and less active sperm.
Aside from keeping your testicles cool and unrestricted, experts recommend men exercise regularly, eat well, maintain a healthy weight and quit smoking for healthy sperm.
---news.com.au