Short-term impact of COVID-19 on semen parameters:A retrospective study
10.13263/j.cnki.nja.2023.03.005
- VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒感染对精液参数的短期影响:一项回顾性研究
- Author:
Mao QIN
1
;
Bao-Xing LIU
;
Bing-Hao BAO
;
Jun REN
Author Information
1. 重庆市妇幼保健院/重庆医科大学附属妇女儿童医院男科,重庆 401147
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
semen;
fever
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2023;29(3):227-232
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To observe the changes in semen parameters after COVID-19 infection and clarify its impact on male fertility.Methods:We collected semen samples from 82 male patients infected with COVID-19 in the past 2 months(the infection group)and 14 normal healthy men(the control group),obtained their semen parameters and compared them between the two groups before and after COVID-19 infection.Results:There were no statistically significant differences in the baseline semen parameters between the infection and control groups(P＞0.05),nor in the semen volume within the infection group before and after infection(P＞0.05).Compared with the normal controls,the patients showed significantly decreased sperm concentration,total sperm count,percentage of progressively motile sperm,sperm motility and percentage of morphologically normal sperm after COVID-19 infection(P＜0.05),which were reduced even more significantly in those with than in those without fever during infection(P＜0.05).No sta-tistically significant difference was observed in the semen quality of the patients with normal body temperature before and after COVID-19 infection(P＞0.05).Spearman correlation analysis showed no significant correlation between semen parameters and the severity of fever during infection(P＞0.05).Conclusion:COVID-19 infection decreases the semen quality of the patient,and fever dur-ing infection is a significant influencing factor.The severity of fever,however,is not related to the reduction of semen quality.
