The novel coronavirus pneumonia affects Chinese people's hearts. Every morning, when they wake up and turn on their mobile phone, they expect to see the good news of the epidemic being restrained. Few people know that pneumonia will not only affect others and harm society, but also affect men's reproductive ability. So, what is the relationship between pneumonia and male fertility?
1. Affect sperm motility: at present, many experiments have confirmed that a variety of bacteria and viruses causing pneumonia have signs of adsorption not only on kidney cells of rats, monkeys, chickens and calves, but also on human sperm. They are adsorbed on the surface of sperm membrane and greatly affect the activity rate of sperm. Before fertilization, the tail movement of sperm is strengthened and hyperactivated. The assault force caused by this weak forward activity, coupled with the action of some enzymes, is needed to penetrate the inner structures such as the open zone of the egg. Therefore, the activity of sperm tail is closely related to sperm fertilization ability. It is conceivable that if a large number of bacteria or viruses are adsorbed on the head, middle and tail of sperm, the sperm will become "fat" from streamline, which will not only increase the resistance of sperm during travel and affect the movement and egg piercing ability of sperm, but also lead to different levels of circular movement of sperm due to their erroneous adsorption on various parts of sperm, So that a considerable number of sperm cannot meet the egg.
2. Sequelae can affect sperm quality: the recovery of mild pneumonia has little effect on future survival. If severe pneumonia is not treated repeatedly, it will leave different levels of sequelae. The sequelae of pneumonia often include bronchitis, bronchiectasis, atelectasis and pulmonary fibrosis. These diseases will affect the efficacy of the lung, which will cause the continuous hypoxia of the human body. In case of hypoxia, the germinal cells are infringed, and the abnormal sperm are naturally added. The infringed germinal cells will perish due to cell apoptosis, and then be eliminated, affecting the quality of sperm. In the hypoxic environment, the blood circulation becomes worse, which leads to the damage of free radicals, the increase of local temperature and the addition of toxic concentration in the blood.
3. Pneumonia treatment can reduce kidney damage: it is well known that severe pneumonia is often treated with large doses of glucocorticoids. Glucocorticoid is a kind of extremely tense conditioning molecule in the body. In urgent or critical environment, glucocorticoid is often the first choice. Glucocorticoids have anti-inflammatory, anti-toxic, anti allergic, anti shock, non-specific immune restraint and antipyretic effects. They can avoid and prevent the generation of immune inflammatory feedback and disease inductive immune feedback. They are almost ineffective for any type of abnormal feedback diseases. However, glucocorticoids will not only lead to abnormal glucose metabolism, but also affect the level of endogenous androgens, reduce the level of testosterone in the body, reduce kidney damage, and thus affect men's fertility.
