Long time driving, the impact of male fertility

Study Group on nine conducted a test of adult men.

They put the thermometer in subjects of scrotal surface. Volunteers to walk, then drive 160 minutes. In the first 20 minutes of driving, the subjects of scrotal average temperature rise from 34.2 ¡æ to 35.5 ℃. In two hours after, scrotal temperatures reach 36.2 ℃. The average temperature during driving than walking 2.2 ℃.

Past research has found that a motorist is male, sperm count less, malformation proportionally higher sperm, his wife after the marriage takes longer to become pregnant, but the causes of these problems are not clear.

France chaired the meters ' said Dr Electrostar, driving increased scrotal temperature in May is a professional driver's fertility reduction of one of the important reasons.

People already know the importance of maintaining the scrotum is cool, for example, two years ago to Australia to produce an "air conditioning underpants", is to prevent the scrotal temperature is too high.

In fact, the inner and outer pants size and thickness, temperature and more importantly the scrotum, drivers should be taken seriously. (The second people's Hospital, in Chongqing thanks wave)

(Practice editing: Chen Dong ping)