Getting vaccinated doesn't affect your fertility — but getting Covid might for men, new study says (via CNBCMakeIt)
Wesselink says the findings showed no long-term effects from Covid infections on male fertility, or any effects on female fertility.More research is needed to determine why male fertility drops after Covid infections. However, it's worth noting that fever is a common Covid symptom — and fevers are known to temporarily reduce sperm count and motility, according to theDr.
Researchers in the NIH-funded study noted that the short-term decline in male fertility could potentially be avoided by getting vaccinated against Covid. Wesselink says she hopes the study results can help couples make informed decisions about Covid vaccinations, and provide reassurance that getting vaccinated will not harm their chances of conceiving.
To conduct the study, researchers collected data from more than 2,100 women, ages 21 to 45, in the U.S. and Canada from December 2020 through November 2021. Subjects were asked to complete health questionnaires online every eight weeks until they became pregnant, or for a year if they did not. Participants were also asked questions about their male partners, and given the option to invite their partners to complete similar questionnaires. Nearly 25% of them did so. At the time of the study, 73% of the women and 74% of the men had received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.
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