Elevated scrotal temperatures can lead to sperm death and unhealthy sperm impacting forward progression and DNA delivery. — Whalespan
Elevated scrotal temperatures can lead to sperm death and unhealthy sperm impacting forward progression and DNA delivery.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“If sperm get too hot, they die. And if spermatocytes, the cells that give rise to sperm, get too warm, well, then oftentimes the sperm that develop are not healthy, not healthy in a number of ways. Either they can't engage in fast forward progression-- that is, swimming-- or they will lack the ability to deposit their DNA contents within the egg.”