COVID-19 Linked to Long-Term Decline in Sperm Quality: Study
Months of exhaustion, persistent loss of taste and smell, blood clotting issues, and now low sperm count. The list of long-term side effects of COVID-19 continues to expand. Men, even if their symptoms are mild, experience a decrease in semen quality up to three months after recovering, according to a new study. “We assumed that semen quality would improve once new sperm were being generated,” said Rocio Núñez-Calonge, who holds a doctorate in biology and is a scientific advisor at UR International Group at the Scientific Reproduction Unit in Spain. “But this was not the case.” Concerns About Permanent Damage and Febrility The small study was conducted in Madrid, Spain, and examined 45 men with mild COVID-19 diagnoses. Half of the participants experienced a 57 percent decrease in total sperm counts post-diagnosis. Sperm motility fell from 49 to 45 percent. Additional findings showed a 20 percent reduction in semen volume, a 26.5 percent decrease in sperm concentration, and a decli...