>> Anchor: SOMETIMES TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR CAN GET WEIRD AND AWKWARD.
BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE KINDS OF
PROBLEMS YOU ARE HAVING.
WE GET IT.
SOMETIMES IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE
TOPIC.
>> Anchor: THAT’S WHY EVERY
WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A DOCTOR IN
WITH A DIFFERENT SPECIALTY ON
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TOPICS.
>> Anchor: TODAY WE CAN HELP
YOU GET RESULTS AND GET
INFORMATION.
MORNING ANCHOR KIRSTIN O’CONNOR
IS HERE TO ASK A DOCTOR ON A
AWKWARD AND IMPORTANT TOPIC OF
MALE FERTILITY.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING
CHILDREN WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE
TERM BIOLOGICAL CLOCK IN REGARDS
TO WOMEN.
RECENT STUDIES SHOW A MAN’S AGE
CAN HAVE IMPACT ON HOW LONG IT
TAKES TO GET PREGNANT.
SOME COMPLICATIONS.
AND BABY’S HEALTH ONCE IT IS
BORN.
DOCTOR, OB/GYN AND REPRODUCTIVE
EXPERT.
ENDOCRINOLOGIST IS HERE WITH US
TODAY DR. IN THE HOUSE.
WE ARE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT MALE
FERTILITY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN IN
THE NEWS.
BUT SOMETHING AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME.
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT RISKS AND
WHAT HAPPENS TO MOTHERS AND
BABIES.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT FIRST.
WHAT IT MEANS.
WHY SHOULD MEN BE CONCERNED WITH
THEIR FERTILITY?
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING
ME.
WHAT IS FAIR IS FAIR.
WOMEN HAVE A BIOLOGICAL CLOCK WE
HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME.
AND MEN DO TOO.
BACK UP A SECOND.
WHEN WE SEE A COUPLE COMING TO
SEE US.
40 PERCENT OF THE TIME IT IS A
MALE FACTOR.
40 PERCENT IS FEMALE.
SO REALLY HALF THE TIME IT IS
ONE OR THE OTHER.
BUT ISSUE OF MALE FACTOR IS
REAL.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS THAT
MEN ARE WAITING LONGER TO HAVE
BABIES.
LIKE WOMEN ARE DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS,
THE FERTILITY IN MEN ABOVE 40
HAS DOUBLED.
MORE MEN IN THIS AGE GROUP ARE
HAVING CHILDREN THAN EVER
BEFORE.
WE ARE SEEING COMPLICATIONS AS A
RESULT OF THAT IN OFFSPRING.
>> BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WAITING
LONGER TO HAVE KIDS?
OR IN PATIENTS YOU SEE.
>> WE DON’T KNOW.
TREND ALL OVER.
WOMEN WAITING LONGER BECAUSE
CAREERS, PERSONAL REASONS.
OR NOT FINDING A PARTNER.
MEN ARE DOING THAT.
OR HAVING ANOTHER PARTNER.
LATER IN LIFE.
>> SO WHAT ABOUT TESTING?
CAN MEN GET A FERTILITY TEST?
>> YES.
SPERM ANALYSIS IS REALLY NOT A
FANTASTIC TEST.
BUT IT IS BEST TEST WE HAVE.
SO IF SPERM ANALYSIS IS NORMAL.
WE CAN GIVE THEM A THUMBS UP
THAT THEY CAN BE ASSURED THAT
THERE IS NOT A BLATANT MALE
FACTOR.
BUT WE CANNOT SAY FOR
CERTAINITY.
BUT LET ME TALK ABOUT MEN AS
THEY ARE OLDER.
FOR YEARS, WE THOUGHT THAT MEN
CAN PROCREATE INDEFINITELY ONCE
THEY GO THROUGH PUBERTY PRODUCE
SPERM AND PROCREATE.
WE SAW IN HEADLINES.
MICK JAGGER, 73, HAD A CHILD.
OLDEST MAN IS IN HIS 90s TO
HAVE A CHILD.
FERTILITY DECLINES N MEN ABOVE
40 TO 45, THEY TAKE UP TO FIVE
TIMES LONGER TO IMPREGNATE A
WOMAN THAN WHEN THEY WERE LESS
THAN WIFE.
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT
INFORMATION.
MISCARRIAGES ARE HIGHER IN
OFFSPRING.
THEY ARE HAVING HIGHER RATES OF
PRETERM DELIVERY.
BIRTH DEFECTS.
BUT TWO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS S
TWICE THE RATE OF AUTISM IN
OFFSPRING AND UP TO 4 TO 5 TIMES
THE RATE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
SO WE CAN SCREEN.
AND WE CAN TELL MEN WAITING TOO
LONG YOU WILL START TO HAVE
PROBLEMS.
EVEN THE MOTHER.
DURING THE PREGNANCY.
HIGHER RATES.
>> Anchor: WHAT ABOUT MOM’S
HEALTH?
I KNOW IT AFFECTS BABY BUT IT
COULD AFFECT MOTHER’S HEALTH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WOMAN CAN HAVE HIGH-RISK OF
PRETERM LABOR.
DIABETES AND ELEVATED BLOOD
PRESSURE.
MAYBE DUE TO HER AGE.
BUT YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT MEN
WANT TO FREEZE THEIR SPERM WHEN
THEY ARE YOUNGER.
BIG TREND RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE
COUNTRY OF EGG FREEZING FOR
WOMEN.
NO MEDICAL SOCIETY ADVOCATES FOR
MEN TO DO THAT.
BUT MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT RISKS
FOR WOMEN.
WHAT ABOUT FOR MEN?
DOES MAN’S HEALTH HAVE ANY
IMPACT.
IF THEY ARE WAITING LONGER?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE BEST THING THAT MEN CAN DO
IS TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
TO PREPARE FOR PREGNANCY.
SO WHAT DO WE KNOW?
CLASSIC BOXER VERSUS BRIEF.
RIGHT?
SO TIGHTER UNDER GARMENTS KEEP
TESTIES CLOSER TO ABDOMEN.
WOMEN’S OVARIES ARE CONTROLLED.
MEN LOOSER FITTING UNDER
GARMENTS.
NO EXTENDING BIKE RIDERS DOING
THIS.
NON-EXTENDED OR SAUNA.
LAPTOPS.
ANOTHER THING IS MEDICATION.
BIG TREND RIGHT NOW THAT MEN
THAT ARE FEELING FATIGUE.
GO TO PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR.
TESTOSTERONE IS LOW.
GET TESTOSTERONE.
WORST THING YOU CAN DO IF YOU
ARE TRYING TO CONCEIVE.
IT SHUTS DOWN SIGNALS OF BRAIN
TO TESTYS AND SEND UP WITHOUT
SPERM.
NO TESTOSTERONE IF YOU ARE
TRYING TO CONCEIVE.
HEALTHY DIET.
HIGH IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES G
VITAMIN C ED.
PROPER WEIGHT.
ELEVATION IN WEIGHT.
OBESITY AND MORBID OBESITY
DECREASES TESTOSTERONE AND SPERM
FUNCTION.
EXERCISE, MODERATE IS GOOD.
TOO MUCH NOT GOOD.
OTHER THINGS IS FALA TE PLASTIC
IN WATER BOTTLES EXPOSURE NOT
GOOD, TOO MUCH ALCOHOLCAL CAUSE
PROBLEMS WITH SPERM.
IMPOTENCE.
CIGARETTE SMOKING BAD FOR MEN.
GENETIC SPERM.
DEFINITELY HEALTHY THINGS THAT
MEN CAN DO TO OPTIMIZE
FERTILITY.
>> LOTS TO THINK ABOUT.
DR. CHARLES IS WITH US.
WE WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR
YOU.
WE WILL FOLLOW-UP ON THIS TOPIC
ON CLICKORLANDO.COM.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> MY PLEASURE ANY TIME.