What are the dangers of sperm donation?

Sperm donation is a very common form of donation nowadays. It is a means of assisting reproduction, and there are very strict requirements for the health of sperm donors. Only when your sperm meets normal standards can you donate. If it is a regular sperm donation, it will not cause any impact on the body of male friends, so there is no need to worry about any harm to your body after donating sperm.

Sperm donation refers to an artificial assisted reproductive technology and means in which sperm donors donate sperm to relevant fertility research institutions through electronic sperm banks or related fertility research institutions, and the sperm donor and the sperm seeker achieve the purpose of conception without having sexual relations. [1]

The donated sperm can be used to help infertile couples, lesbians, and single women have children, and to provide medical research for the hospital. There is no harm to the health of men in sperm donation.

The sperm donor must be between 22 and 45 years old, be able to truthfully provide the general medical history and genetic history of himself and his family members, answer other relevant questions raised by the doctor, and provide semen samples for examination as required.

(1) Medical history screening

① Medical history

Ask the sperm donor about his medical history, personal life history, and history of sexually transmitted diseases.

A. Past medical history

Sperm donors must not have systemic diseases or serious organic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, liver disease, urinary and reproductive system diseases, blood system diseases, hypertension, mental illness and leprosy.

B. Personal life history

The sperm donor should not have long-term exposure to radiation and toxic and harmful substances, and should not have bad habits such as drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking, or a history of homosexuality or promiscuity.

C. History of sexually transmitted diseases

Ask the sperm donor about his history of sexually transmitted diseases and his sexual partners in the past six months, whether he has multiple sexual partners, and exclude high-risk groups for sexually transmitted diseases (including AIDS). The sperm donor should have no history of sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea, syphilis, condyloma acuminatum, contagious soft warts, genital herpes, AIDS, hepatitis B and C, and exclude sexually transmitted diseases, vaginal trichomoniasis and other diseases of his sexual partners.

② Family survey

The sperm donor should not have a history of genetic diseases or a family history of genetic diseases

A. Chromosomal diseases: exclude all types of chromosomal diseases;

B. Single gene genetic diseases: exclude albinism, hemoglobin abnormalities, hemophilia, hereditary hypercholesterolemia, neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, β-thalassemia, cystic fibrosis, familial tay-saccharomy, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, congenital deafness, Prader-Willi syndrome, hereditary optic atrophy, etc.

C. Polygenic genetic diseases: exclude cleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, congenital hip dislocation, congenital heart disease, hypospadias, spina bifida, asthma, epilepsy, juvenile diabetes, mental illness, rheumatoid arthritis, severe hypertension, severe refractive error and other diseases.