Vaping or e-cigarette use has been linked to shrinking testicles, lower sperm counts, and a reduced sex drive, according to a new study out of Turkey.
The study, published in the Spanish-language journal Revista Internacional de Andrología, found the aerosol produced from e-cigarette products can have negative effects on male reproduction.Conducted on male rats, researchers tested the effect of vaping and conventional cigarettes while tracking the amount of sperm produced, the appearance of their testicles, and stress markers in blood and genitals to find that both forms of inhalation are bad for male sexual health.
“It should be considered that although [e-cigarette] liquid has been introduced as harmless in smoking cessation studies, it could increase oxidative stress and cause morphological changes in the testicle,” researchers wrote."To be a safe option in smoking cessation studies, its effect on people needs to be enlightened."
Researchers found that about 62% of rats in the vaping group had negative physical impacts on the testicles when looking at factors such as structural changes, sperm production, cell death, and tissue atrophy.
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