Declining Sperm Count: Much More Than You Wanted to Know

Re:Declining Sperm Count: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by bitcurious on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:36AM (#34835817)

>And when this topic comes up, the responses are generally, “who cares?”

>because the issue must be seen as impacting females negatively to justify any interest by society

Huge cognitive leap between these two sentences. My response is closer to "who cares?" than panic. My reasoning has nothing to do with women. Are men with lower (but functional) testosterone less capable of happy, productive lives? I haven't seen any evidence to support that thesis. Therefore, who cares. Is sperm production a major bottleneck in human reproduction? I haven't seen any evidence to support that. Therefore, who cares.

Fluctuation within the very wide ranges of "enough sperm" and "enough testosterone" doesn't really matter.

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Re:Declining Sperm Count: Much More Than You Wanted to Know by sithadmin on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:53AM (#34836074)

Low testosterone levels in men is correlated with depression and anxiety; inversely, testosterone replacement therapies are correlated with reduction of symptoms of depression and anxiety.

A few sources (many more out there and easy to find): [1]https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.0006... [2]https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/... [3]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24047633/

You can find similar studies showing the same correlation in adolescent males.

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