{"id":151397,"date":"2015-09-14T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T11:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=151397"},"modified":"2015-09-14T09:51:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T09:51:47","slug":"men-who-lose-their-hair-at-30-have-lower-sperm-count-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/men-who-lose-their-hair-at-30-have-lower-sperm-count-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Men who lose their hair at 30 have lower sperm count – Study"},"content":{"rendered":"
Folklore may have it that baldness is a sign of a man\u2019s virility, but a new study shows that those who lose their hair while young \u2013 at about 30 \u2013 may in fact be less fertile.<\/p>\n
Sperm volume count was nearly 60 per cent lower in men with moderate to severe hair loss, and the researchers say that hormonal changes associated with hair loss may also adversely affect semen.<\/p>\n
So-called androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness, is the most common form of hair loss in men and women.
\nIt often progresses to baldness and affects about half of men over 50, but can start in their late teens.<\/p>\n
In the new research, being reported in the journal Dermatologica Sinica, fertility specialists and dermatologists looked for links between semen quality and fertility.<\/p>\n
Doctors carried out a series of tests on men with an average age of 31 and with normal to mild hair loss and moderate to severe hair loss.<\/p>\n