Does taking a hot bath really kill sperm and decrease the chance of pregnancy?!
Question:
Does taking a hot bath really kill sperm and decrease the chance of pregnancy?
Answers:
Hot baths 'do cut a man's fertility'
While it may not make you a hit with the ladies, new research has shown that men who avoid a long soak in the tub are more fertile than their bath-loving counterparts.
Five of 11 men studied over three years saw their fertility soar after they stopped immersing themselves in 'wet heat', water heated to warmer than body temperature.
After three to six months of staying out of the bath, the men's average active sperm count rose by 491%. Motility, a measure of sperm's ability to swim, rose by 34% by the end of the study.
Researcher Dr Paul Turek, of California University, said: 'It has been believed for decades, as an old wives' tale, that wet heat exposure is bad for fertility but this effect has rarely been documented. 'These activities can be comfortably added to that list of lifestyle recommendations and things to avoid as men attempt to conceive.'
Sperm is known to develop best in cool surroundings, which is why the testicles hang outside a man's body within the scrotum. It is thought that the men who did not experience an increase in fertility were affected due to being smokers.
Source: Metro
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So the answer is Yes. BUT it is short term and not acceptable for regular birth control.