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Chlamydia is 'male fertility risk'Date: 15/10/2007 09:36:57
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Chlamydia, the UKs most common sexually transmitted infection, has been identified as a particular threat to male fertility by a group of international doctors.
Coming in the midst of campaigns to promote screening for chlamydia among young men and women, new research has focused the awareness drive on men and the effects of the condition on their sperm production.
Men carrying chlamydia were revealed to produce sperm with 80 per cent more physical abnormalities and 10% less mobility, with antibiotic treatment in response to detection of the infection proved to significantly boost fertility rates and the ensuing chances of impregnation.
Chlamydia is commonly known to damage female fertility through scarring and blockage of the fallopian tubes, but the new focus on male infertility has raised questions about awareness among men.
In the 2006-7 period, over 115,000 women under 25 came forward for chlamydia screening, while only around 30,000 men chose to do so, making it even more crucial for men to seek health advice and understand their own fertility risks.
The infection does not always have clear symptoms, making young people, and especially men, unwilling to go in for precautionary screening for what is a rapidly progressing condition in the UK.
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