Pre-pregnancy checkup for men

In order to improve the quality of the human body, the country advocates family planning, fewer births and better quality of births. The goal is to give birth to high-quality children. Both men and women should have a physical examination before pregnancy to see if there are any genetic diseases in the body and whether they will affect the fetus. If the fetus has certain diseases, it will not only cause a burden on the family, but also a burden on the country. Therefore, pre-pregnancy physical examination is particularly important. The following introduces the precautions for men's pre-pregnancy physical examination.

(1) Married men who work as sprayers of pesticides and herbicides should avoid having their wives become pregnant for at least 70 days. Industrial chemicals such as heavy metal lead, potash, methoprene, gossypol dibromophenol, and chloropropane can affect the production of sperm. Therefore, before a wife becomes pregnant, the husband should avoid contact with these chemicals as much as possible.

(2) An obese husband should not let his wife get pregnant during the weight loss process. This is because there are more harmful chemicals stored in the body of an obese person. Some fat-soluble chemicals, such as organochlorine pesticides such as 666 and DDT, and carcinogenic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls, are stored in fat. Generally speaking, environmental pollutants deposited in adipose tissue have less toxic effects on humans, but during the rapid weight loss process, the fat stored in the body will quickly be decomposed and metabolized again, and the toxins accumulated in the fat will also be released and enter the human blood, causing direct or indirect harm to sperm.

(3) Husbands should not abuse drugs, and should not use skin creams containing estrogen. Many chemical drugs, such as estrogen, reserpine, chlorpromazine, etc., will affect the viability of sperm and increase the number of abnormal sperm.

(4) The husband should not be picky eaters. The production of sperm requires high-quality protein, minerals such as calcium and zinc, trace elements, arginine, and a variety of vitamins. If a husband is picky eater and his diet lacks these nutrients, sperm production will be affected or some low-quality sperm may be produced.

(5) The husband should give up smoking and drinking. People have long been familiar with the damage that alcohol can do to sperm. The many harmful substances in cigarettes can also kill sperm. Drinking and smoking should be stopped at least three months before conception.

(6) The husband must also maintain a good and stable mood. If he is often depressed, worried, or has a bad temper, it will cause dysfunction of the cerebral cortex, resulting in instability of the nervous system, endocrine function, testicular spermatogenesis, and sexual function, affecting the production and quality of sperm.