Most laptop users find it more comfortable to place their PC on their lap than on the desk which may require stretching hands to operation.
Even though ladies may worry less on the impact of heat emitted by laptops on vagina, male reproductive organs maybe susceptible to the adverse effects of high temperature beneath the communication device.
The testicle is the organ of the male reproductive tract responsible for spermatogenesis. In mammals, the testis temperature must range from 2 to 8°C below body temperature to ensure successful spermatogenesis.
The lower temperature is maintained by a cooling system comprising the scrotum, pampiniform plexus, and muscles. Higher temperatures would lead to an increase of testicular metabolism without a corresponding increase in blood supply.
Thus, higher temperatures much possibly lead to an increase of testicular metabolism that results in spermatic damage.
Research has shown that sitting with a computer on your lap will crank up the temperature of your nether regions, which could affect sperm quality.
According to the authors of a study out today in the journal Fertility and Sterility, there maybe, but not 100% attributed to infertility.
The researchers hooked thermometers to the scrotums of 29 young men who were balancing a laptop on their knees. They found that even with a lap pad under the computer, the men's scrotums overheated quickly.
"Millions and millions of men are using laptops now, especially those in the reproductive age range," said Dr. Yefim Sheynkin, a urologist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, who led the new study.
"Within 10 or 15 minutes their scrotal temperature is already above what we consider safe, but they don't feel it," he added.
"I wouldn't say that if someone starts to use laptops they will become infertile," Sheynkin told Reuters Health. But frequent use might contribute to reproductive problems, he said, because "the scrotum doesn't have time to cool down."
According to data by American Urological Association, over half of cases of infertility between couples are traced to the husband.
Although general health and lifestyle factors such as nutrition and drug use can influence reproductive health, Sheynkin said tight jeans and briefs are generally not considered a risk factor.
"Clothes should not significantly change scrotal temperature, because you are moving around," he said.
Also, some users who use pad on lap to prevent their testicles may be living on false of security.
"It doesn't matter what pad you use," he said. "You can put a pillow beneath your computer and it still won't protect you," he said.
Even though there is no concrete evidence of correlation between men's infertility and laptop heat just as Richard Honaker, a physician and Chief Medical Officer at Your Doctors Online, told Fatherly that, "There is no science supporting laptop sperm effects. The heat may reduce counts a tiny bit, but not enough to matter."
It however important to avoid possible harmful exposure as has Dr Smith warned.
Dr. Smith said the consequences of continued overheating of the testicles -- so-called scrotal hyperthermia -- probably weren't permanent, but might take months to go away.
"When interested in maximizing fertility potential," he advised, "minimize harmful exposures, eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly."
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