{"id":28106,"date":"2020-03-27T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=28106"},"modified":"2020-03-27T14:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:47:13","slug":"reduced-is-not-the-equivalent-of-none-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/03\/27\/reduced-is-not-the-equivalent-of-none-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduced Is Not The Equivalent Of None, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post<\/a> I suggested another reason to avoid exposure to COVID-19<\/strong> are the possible long-term consequences, of which none are known. Well, The Mirror<\/strong><\/em> has published<\/a> an article that suggests surviving men may be really unhappy – at least, the fathering kind<\/em>:<\/p>\n

… a new study has warned that the disease could also cause damage to men\u2019s testicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While this link is yet to be proven, researchers from Wuhan\u2019s Tongji Hospital are urging male coronavirus patients to have their fertility tested once they\u2019ve recovered.<\/p>\n

In their\u00a0study<\/a> , which has been widely shared on Chinese social media, the researchers, led by Professor Li Yufeng, explained: \u201cNew coronavirus infections are mainly caused by damage to the lungs and immune system, but in theory new coronavirus infections can also cause testicular damage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How so?<\/p>\n

The coronavirus invades cells through the combination of a protein (S protein) and an enzyme, dubbed ACE2.<\/p>\n

In particular, large amounts of ACE2 are expressed in the testis, indicating that coronavirus has the potential to cause damage in this area.<\/p>\n

The researchers added: \u201cIt is theoretically speculated that new crown infection may cause testicular damage, affecting sperm production and androgen synthesis.<\/p>\n

\u201cObstructed sperm production will affect male fertility, and severe cases may cause male infertility; androgen deficiency may affect male secondary sexual characteristics and sexual function, and reduce quality of life.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So they haven’t seen any cases, they’re merely theorizing. It’s hard to really analyze the danger here, since it’s based on theoretical interactions and not sample cases.<\/p>\n

It’ll be interesting to see if this just sinks under the surface as no evidence comes available, or if men start complaining. This could render the uninfected men quite attractive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this post I suggested another reason to avoid exposure to COVID-19 are the possible long-term consequences, of which none are known. Well, The Mirror has published an article that suggests surviving men may be really unhappy – at least, the fathering kind: … a new study has warned that \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28109,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28106\/revisions\/28109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}