Himedik.com – When ejaculating, men release an average of 39 million cells sperm from their bodies, some of the sperm will fertilize the egg, while others will die on the surface. Sperm is said to be able to survive on the surface of the skin to the bath for a while.
Launch from Insider, how fast the sperm die depends on the environment it is in.
“While this depends on the person’s health status and age, most sperm will die within 15 to 30 minutes on the skin or surface,” said Kimberly Langdon MD, an OB / GYN at Medzino.
Regardless of the surface condition, sperm is considered dead and cannot cause pregnancy after the semen has dried.
“Apart from health and age, temperature and humidity also determine the age of the ejaculated sperm,” says Michael A. Witt, MD, a urologist and specialist. male fertility di Reproductive Biology Associates.
For example, sperm on a cold, dry sheet can die faster than sperm on a warmer surface such as human skin.
“Although sperm can survive on the skin or outside the body for a period of time, the chances of the sperm fertilizing the egg and causing pregnancy are very low,” Langdon said.
“A person has to touch the sperm and then insert it into the vagina before it dries or the sperm must drip into the vagina to make pregnancy possible,” he added.
While in the bath, Witt said sperm can only survive in a hot tub for a matter of seconds. This is because the steamy water and the chemicals that make up the jacuzzi are toxic to sperm.
“As for a warm bath, sperm can last up to several minutes,” Langdon said.
However, Witt explained that getting pregnant from sperm released in the bath water is impossible. This is because once the sperm are scattered in the water, they are no longer protected by semen and will die quickly.
“However, if you have penetrative sex in the bath, the chances of pregnancy will be much greater,” he added.
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