This is the finding of a study published by Skane University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.
According to the researchers, men with fertility problems were more likely to suffer bone fractures and may also be more susceptible to diabetes later in life.
Infertility refers to an inability to conceive after having regular unprotected sex.
Infertility can also refer to the biological inability of an individual to contribute to conception, or to a female who cannot carry a pregnancy to full term.
According to the researchers, the findings was the result of research carried out on 192 men with sub-average sperm counts.
While a complete absence of sperm is called azoospermia, sperm count is considered lower than normal if it is fewer than 15 million sperm per milliliter of semen.
Having a low sperm count decreases the odds that one’s sperm will fertilise the partner’s egg, resulting in pregnancy.
It said that men with fertility problems were more likely to suffer bone fractures and may also be more susceptible diabetes later in life.
The study registered that a third of men aged below 50 with low sperm counts suffered from testosterone levels below average.
Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group and is found in humans and other vertebrates.
In humans and other mammals, testosterone is secreted primarily by the testicles of males and, to a lesser extent, the ovaries of females. Story By Johnson OKPUSA OBASI
