The Negative Effects of Vaping on Male Sexual Health: Research on Testicular Size, Sex Drive, and Sperm Count

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Men who use electric cigarettes or vapes experience greater losses than benefits. Research conducted on male rats shows that vaping can reduce testicular size, inhibit sex drive, and lower sperm count.

Turkish scientists measured the size of the testicles of mice before and after exposure to cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapor, and identified stress biomarkers in the blood and genitals.

However, as shown by previous studies, the impact of conventional cigarette smoke such as tobacco smoke is even worse on male sexual organs, the researchers confirmed as citing New York Post.

The sperm count of the mice exposed to e-cigarette smoke was 95.1 million sperm per milliliter, compared to 98.5 million per milliliter in the group that was not exposed to any nicotine.

In 2020, Danish researchers also found that men who vape daily have significantly lower sperm counts than men who don’t vape.

But the study’s authors say more human data is needed to support these findings because e-cigarettes are also widely used.

“To be a safe choice is to stop smoking (both quitting tobacco cigarettes and vape), the impact on society needs to be enlightened,” the researcher concluded.

An estimated 12 million adults use e-cigarettes, while millions of children and youth have joined the e-cigarette population.

2023-09-07 13:14:40
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