With the high
prevalence of infertility amongst couples in the country, a fertility
expert, Dr Arati Sohoni, has warned men against wearing tight jeans,
under garments as well as working continuously with laptops on their
laps.
She said such habits cause a rise in temperature and harm sperm production and count in men.
“You
know the testes are placed in the scrotum, and not inside our body
because they are at low body temperature. So if you wear tight jeans and
other tight wears, then the temperature tends to rise and that can harm
the sperm, and sperm production as well,” said Dr Sohoni at the fifth
anniversary celebration of the Abuja branch of the Nordica Fertility
Centre in Abuja.
“So we recommend not to wear tight
jeans and undies especially for men. They should also avoid lifestyles
like smoking, alcohol consumption, and other things that affect their
sperm count,” she said.
Dr Sohoni said there was also a link
between use of laptops and fertility especially in men working with the
computer on their laps.
She said a particular study revealed
that men’s use of laptops on their laps for more than one hour killed
sperms because of the heat.
The study checked and analysed the
semen of the men after they used laptop on top of their laps for more
than one hour, and found dead sperm inside, she said.
“So it does affect the sperm count.
It also affects the fertility of women who work with laptops
continuously on their laps because of ovulation, but the effect is more
on men than women,” Sohoni added.
She said infertility was one of the
greatest challenges couples faced in Nigeria and that the prevalence has
become such that one in four couples experience delay in achieving
conception.
The fertility expert advised couples
to seek medical help as early as possible, adding that if the wife was
more than 35 years old, couples should seek help if they were not able
to achieve pregnancy within six months of their marriage.
Dr Sohoni said the Abuja branch has
done more than 1000 Invitro fertilization (IVF) cycles and produced more
than 500 IVF babies since inception.
She said that more than 2,500 babies
have been produced in all the Nordica centres in Lagos, Asaba and Abuja
since it was first established in Lagos in 2003.
She said some of the factors
contributing to female infertility were pelvic infections, blocked
tubes, fibroids and ovulation dysfunction, among others, while those
contributing to male infertility were low sperm count, distended testis,
infection and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the past, among others.
Head of Business Development at
Nordica, Olakunle Oyebanjo, said the hospital had the lowest rate of
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS), a complication which results
from over stimulation of the ovaries with fertility medications and
hormones.
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