Bathing hot water affects the sperm

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Some men take hot showers every morning, which can interfere with normal sperm production. A hot shower will undoubtedly help relieve stress after drinking alcohol after a long, healthy and very stressful day, help keep your skin fresh and clean, and help cleanse your pores properly, but still for men who want it. Having a baby shouldn't become routine.

The male reproductive organ consists of scrotal sac which harbours the testes responsible for sperm production and storage, as well as the other urogenital organ that serves for it’s introduction. The scrotal sac is located outside of the body for a reason. The reason for this is so the temperature of the body doesn’t affect the sperm production mechanism negatively as it requires a temperature relatively lower than that of the body.

Constant introduction of hot water to the body in the form of hot shower would indirectly impact the temperature of the testes leading to conditions that affect the normal production of sperm. The outcome of this could be weak or low sperm count among several other conditions that would lead to infertility.

This article is not saying you should avoid hot showers entirely. In fact there are times it would be all your body needs but you should not make it something you do every single day because of this possible implication it could bring.

The germ cells in the testicles that produce sperm work best in temperatures slightly below normal body temperatures. If the temperature within the testicles is elevated by only two, three, or four degrees Fahrenheit, both sperm and testosterone production are negatively affected. To keep the testicles cool, the scrotum (the skin sac that holds them) loosens up so that the testes are held away from the body. But if you wear tight jeans, bicycle shorts, or leather pants that hold the testicles close against your body, their temperature may rise. This also may happen if you wear under shorts made of nylon or other artificial fibers, even if they're not tight. Such fabrics hold in more heat than cotton and wool, materials that "breathe." Keeping your genital area cool also helps avoid infections that thrive in warm, moist places.

Spending time in hot tubs, jacuzzis, and saunas, and taking long, hot showers or baths also overheat the sperm cells and may significantly impair sperm function.

One of the many scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was fond of doing much of his thinking while having a long soak in a hot bath every day. After he and his wife had tried to conceive unsuccessfully for many months, she did a little research of her own and then firmly requested that he switch to taking short, tepid showers and do his thinking elsewhere. This tactic has proved successful—they're now the parents of four children.

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