Effects of drinking on sperm

Many successful male friends have to have dinner and socialize with various big bosses and big clients every day. In such occasions, smoking and drinking are unavoidable. However, many people do not know that drinking alcohol not only easily leads to alcoholic liver disease, but also has a great impact on the quality of male sperm. So how much does drinking affect sperm?

In fact, smoking and drinking are extremely harmful to men's health, especially reducing the number of sperm and greatly damaging the quality of sperm. In severe cases, it may even lead to impotence and infertility. Here is an introduction to the effects of drinking on sperm.

Effects of drinking on sperm

1. Alcoholism: Alcoholism can reduce men's ability and damage sperm. Alcohol is the most common killer of men's fertility. Alcoholism can reduce androgen levels. Excessive drinking can poison the testicles and reduce androgen levels; it can also cause abnormal liver function, reduce the inactivation of estrogen, and thus lead to estrogen accumulation, thereby relatively weakening the effect of androgen, making it difficult for men to "revitalize their masculinity." Fertility requires a man's sperm to meet and combine with a woman's egg. In this process, sperm needs to release apical enzymes to dissolve the outer membrane of the egg. Excessive levels of estrogen in men can cause sperm to release apical enzymes in advance before they meet the egg, and when they are really needed, they cannot release this enzyme to destroy the outer membrane of the egg. Even if the sperm damaged by alcohol fertilizes the egg, there is a possibility that a child with low intelligence will be born.

2. Long-term drinking: Long-term drinking is prone to chronic alcoholism. Once chronic alcoholism occurs, the patient will experience testicular atrophy, which will lead to a decrease in the quality of semen. Studies have found that it takes at least three months of conditioning to recover from a drunken state. Experts believe that men who are planning to have children should wait at least three months after being drunk before letting their wives conceive, in order to ensure the health of the fetus.

3. Drinking a very small amount of alcohol: Drinking a very small amount of alcohol will not affect the quality of sperm, but drinking too much will definitely affect the survival of sperm, because the main component of alcohol is ethanol, which has an anesthetic effect and can quickly enter the tissues and cells of the human body through the blood circulation, thereby affecting the quality of sperm.

Note: Smoking, drinking cola, irregular rest time, excessive fatigue, etc. will definitely affect the quality of sperm.

As for the effect of drinking on sperm, everyone has already known it. In fact, drinking a small amount of alcohol will not have any specific effect on the body, but long-term heavy drinking can easily lead to liver problems and even make it difficult for men to maintain their virility. In addition, it can reduce the survival of sperm and even endanger the health of the fetus. In short, the harm of long-term drinking to men cannot be ignored.