title: [Male infertility. Current life style could be responsible for infertility].
abstract: Optimal spermatogenesis requires the testicles to be at a lower temperature than the body core. This is achieved by the following factors:--Blood in the testicular artery is precooled by the surrounding veins of the plexus pampiniformis; nevertheless, high fever results in substantial warming of the testicles;--Heat loss via the scrotal skin, with tight-fitting, thermally insulating clothing or obesity having an unfavorable effect;--increased circulation of air around the genitals on physical activity;--High temperature gradient to the environment when ambient temperatures are low. If the combination of these factors is unfavorable, disturbed spermatogenesis and fertility may result, which, however, is usually reversible. Likewise, electromagnetic waves may impair spermatogenesis by heat induction in the testicles, but only when exposure is excessive.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Dermatologie und Andrologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen. Andreas.Jung@derma.med.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Schill
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors