What are the harms of smoking to sperm?

Smoking is very harmful to the human body. Nicotine may affect organ function changes and is also harmful to male sperm. Smoking is harmful to sperm in many ways. It not only affects the quality of sperm, but also may affect the pregnancy rate. Therefore, you must quit smoking in advance during the pregnancy preparation period.

1. Affects sperm quality

Male smoking has different degrees of impact on sperm quality, especially the shape, vitality and density of sperm. Male smoking will produce a variety of sperm abnormalities, which will cause women to be infertile or make it easier for them to give birth to children with congenital deformities.

2. Affects pregnancy rate

Smoking is very harmful to sperm. Men who smoke frequently will have a decrease in normal sperm count. Smokers with heavy smoking habits will have a significantly higher incidence of sperm abnormalities. Furthermore, smoking inhibits sperm production and motility, leading to a lower chance of pregnancy in women.

3. Affects sperm motility

Cigarettes contain many harmful substances, which inhibit the enzyme system of sperm through cigarette smoke condensate, thereby affecting the vitality of sperm. This is to inhibit the action of bile alkaloid acetylase, which affects the vitality of sperm and also affects female conception.

4. Cause sperm mutation or deformity

The condensate in cigarette smoke can induce mutations, affect the maturation and proliferation of germ cells, greatly reduce the activity of sperm, hinder the normal growth and development of sperm, and even cause premature sperm decline, greatly increasing the mutation or deformity rate of sperm.

5. Reduced sperm content leads to infertility

Nicotine, tar, dioxin and other harmful substances in cigarettes will enter the human body through the blood. In addition to affecting the lungs, they will also damage sperm, causing a decrease in the sperm content in semen, which will directly affect successful conception.