Suara.com – At the start of the pandemic corona virus Covid-19, rumors circulated that this disease could affect sperm and transmitted through sperm. However, it is still not clear.
Now, a study has found that men infected with the Covid-19 corona virus can experience a decrease in sperm quality for up to 3 months.
Research conducted on 120 men in Belgium by local academics showed that the Covid-19 coronavirus cannot be transmitted through sperm and cannot be transmitted through contact. sexual.
However, the study warns that couples who want to get pregnant should be aware that the quality of their sperm will decline after being infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus for 3 months.
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Researchers predict that sperm levels will return to normal after three months of recovering from the Covid-19 corona virus.
“We saw the worst sperm quality occurred in the first month of infection with the Covid-19 corona virus. After the first month, sperm quality was still unclear. Then, sperm quality was almost normal after 2 months,” said the researcher quoted from Sky News.
Currently, academics are working on follow-up studies to assess the damage or decrease in sperm count after infection with the Covid-19 corona virus is permanent in a small proportion of men or not.
Scientists around the world are still waiting for data that this new, more infectious Omicron variant will cause more severe or milder effects than the Delta variant.
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