Article Review: Effect of Electronic Cigarette on Fertility in Male

Haylim N. Abud

doi:10.55544/jrasb.3.1.33

Authors

Haylim N. Abud Department of Microbiology, Al-karkh University of Science, Baghdad, IRAQ.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/jrasb.3.1.33

Keywords:

e-cigarette, reproductive health, male infertility, oxidative stress (OS), smoking, blood plasma, sperm parameters

Abstract

Numerous researches have shown that blood plasma, sperm parameters, or a host of other fertility-related characteristics are adversely affected by the components of cigarette smoking. However, it's unclear how smoking really affects fertility in men. Depending on the well-established scientific observation that smoking enhances the amount of radical oxide organisms, which in turn causes oxidative stress (OS), smoking has an influence on the sperm variables.

Men are affected by OS as it damages seminal characteristics including survival that appearance as well as inhibits sperm functioning. Still, not every research has reached identical findings. This research evaluates the influence of tobacco use via non-smoking methods on male infertility on clarifies the contentious relationship among smoking on fertility in men. Additionally, it explores the therapeutic consequences of the evidence—which includes recently discovered genomic or regulatory data—that tie smoking to male infertility.

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