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THE DANGER OF INFERTILITY IN MEN UNDERGOING CORONA
Since December 2019, more than 70 thousand scientific papers have been published in the last year on the impact of Covid-19 on patients affecting our lives. While it turns out that the virus kills sperm-producing cells in men and damages testicular tissue, there is no scientific data yet that the vaccine leads to infertility. Experts emphasize that the only way to protect against the disease and its effects is to vaccinate.
Turkish Urology and Reproductive Health Specialist Assoc. Dr. “Scientific studies are continuing, but a study conducted on a group of patients at Wuhan – Tongji Medical School showed that under the influence of the virus in Covid-19 patients, it kills sperm-producing cells in the testicles of male patients and damages testicular tissue,” Dr. said, noting that International Studies and articles point to an interesting conclusion.
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PAIN IN THE TESTICLES
Dr. said: “In couples who want to have children with the pandemic, concerns about the corona virus in both natural pregnancy and infertility treatments caused a pause in conception. The issue is expressed as unknown effects of the disease in the long and short term, separate from the possible infection that may occur during treatment. In the course of the pandemic, studies have begun and are still ongoing to understand the effects of the disease on fertility and reproductive organs in men and women. Some men who were the subject of the research complained of pain in their testicles along with the diagnosis of Covid-19 (7 percent in one statement, 14 percent in the other). In this case, the detection of the virus entering the cell and the presence of certain receptors has shown the possibility of affecting the testicle in the male,” he said.
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MEN WEIGH HEAVIER
Covid-19 affects men more and the infection in men is more severe Dr. noted, “Due to the hormone testosterone, the virus in men leads to more cytokine storm and is thought to cause heavier watch. Another hypothesis in severe disease transmission is that ACE2/TMPRSS2 receptors are more common in men than in women, and the height of the androgen, that is, the testosterone hormone, leads to this. In addition, chronic diseases such as Heart, Vascular and lung diseases in older men and habits such as smoking and alcohol use are also among the reasons that can explain why the disease causes more deaths in men,” he said.
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DOES THE VACCINE LEAD TO INFERTILITY?
Assoc. Dr., “The head of the Department of Andrology at the University of Miami, where we work together in the study of genes involved in sperm production in men, Dr. said she had started a study to investigate the effects of vaccines on sperm.
‘We don’t have any data yet on the issue of vaccines on sperm, but we do know that testicles are affected in men who are heavily infected with the virus, so instead of taking the risk that the virus can create, administering vaccines is the only weapon we have to protect against the virus. In this regard, the vaccine was also announced by the American and European Reproductive Health Associations as the most effective way to protect against the virus and its effects,” he said.
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3 MONTHS AFTER HAVING THE DISEASE, TREATMENT SHOULD BE STARTED
Assoc, who stated that research is continuing to reveal more comprehensive and clear data. Dr. noted that it is not necessary to ignore that drugs used for diseases such as viruses can have effects on sperm. Dr., and wants to have a baby in that direction in the treated area are necessarily follow couples hot and measures for prevention of moderate to severe symptoms of those with the disease to have a child after they proposed to start treatment for at least 3 months.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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