The doctor named the main causes of male infertility

The problem of childlessness in families has ceased to be considered exclusively through the prism of women's health, Tembulat Indarokov, an andrologist and member of the Russian Society of Urologists and Oncourologists, noted in an interview with "Izvestia".

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"Today, men are just as responsible about pregnancy planning as women. They turn to specialized specialists — a urologist, an andrologist, undergo the necessary examinations, follow the recommendations of doctors," he explained.

And doctors, according to the expert, consider it the right standard of preparation for pregnancy planning when both a man and a woman come to the doctors. At the same time, due to more active diagnostics, cases of male infertility have become more frequent.

The existing problem with the demographic situation, as stated by the expert, is not an accidental error. This is a consequence of people's lifestyle and behavior.

Among the main factors of male infertility, he identified: bad habits (especially smoking), sedentary and sedentary lifestyle, eating disorders, chronic stress and fatigue, as well as taking medications without a doctor's prescription.

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