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Alarming decrease in sperm quality in Nigeria, South Africa

• Reduced semen motility, abnormal morphology leading causes of male infertility in regions, researchers find
­• Recommend general body cleansing, detoxification few months before conception

Researchers in Nigeria and South Africa have raised the alarm on decreasing trend in quality of sperm in men from the two countries.

The researchers in a study titled “Trends in semen parameters of infertile men in South Africa and Nigeria” and published, last week, in the journal Scientific Reports found: “Our findings provide a quantitative evidence of an alarming decreasing trend in semen parameters in Nigeria and South Africa from 2010 to 2019. It also proves that astheno- and teratozoospermia are the leading causes of male infertility in these regions.

“In addition to this, it also shows empirically that semen parameters decrease with advancement in age. These findings are the first report of temporal…
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