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The Snuff Affects Fertility
Snuff and fertilidadLa influence of smoking on reproductive function is well known. But current research provides sufficient data to confirm that the snuff, and produce multiple health damage also impairs reproduction.
Snuff and fertility in women
Smoking in women reduces their reproductive capacities, due to cervical and tubal factors. The delay in time to be fertile is directly associated with the number of cigarettes smoked during the day.
The snuff is associated with alteration of the female sex hormones such as estrogen, loss of oocytes, and the acceleration of ovarian aging. The snuff is the cause of early menopause. As the delay in the time of pregnancy.
Snuff and erectile dysfunction in men
Smoking in men is associated with erectile problems, as this represents vascular risk factors, creating a vasoconstrictor effect due to nicotine. The chemicals in nicotine such as alkaloids, and toxic compounds such as polyphenols, aromatic hydrocarbons, amines and pesticides, cause DNA damage in sperm. This causes damage to genetic material, affecting sperm motility for fertilization.
Another cause of male infertility is rooted in the free radicals produced by oxygen resulted in higher proportions in smokers by the combustion process of snuff.
How to improve fertility?
Smoking affects fertility treatments. For women alters the process of fertilization in vitro. The snuff can add ten years to reproductive age, in patients with fertility problems have twenty years of age.
At the time of conception, there are many approaches in relation to achieving effective fertilization, either natural or assisted. It is desirable from the outset that the patient finds a plan to quit smoking or reduce to a minimum as this habit will affect the chances of pregnancy.
One of the first questions that will make parents in a fertility clinic is if they smoke, and the number of cigarettes smoked per day, this data is extremely important for predicting treatment success.
It is essential to know that the negative effects of snuff on fertility may be reversible. The life cycle of sperm is 90 days, if a man who has fertility problems, stop smoking, can improve the quality of the semen sample.