KIRSTEN O’CONNOR IS STANDING BY WITH A FERTILITY EXPERT IN TODAY’S ASK A DOCTOR.
>> STUDIES AND HEALTH OFFICIALS
HAVE POINTED OUT THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE HEALTH
EFFECTS FROM VAPING AND WITH
THE RISE OF THE VAPING EPIDEMIC
THE TALK OF FERTILITY IS
IMPORTANT AND TIMELY.
SO JOINING US NOW IS DOCTOR
FERTILITY CARE IN WINTER PARK.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON NEWS
6 AT NINE.
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
FERTILITY IS MY LIFE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
VAPING AND FERTILITY ESPECIALLY
WITH MEN?
>> VAPING IS TAKING OFF.
I THINK THERE IS SUCH A
MISPERCEPTION AND
MISCONCEPTION, NO PUN INTENDED
THAT MAY BE SAFER THAN TOBACCO
AND CIGARETTES.
AND IT’S REALLY NOT.
WE DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT
TO SAY THAT, CLEARLY.
A LOT OF NICOTINE AND AMOUNTS
OF NICOTINE AND VAPING AND
CIGARETTES.
SO VAPING FOR FERTILITY
PURPOSES, A STUDY JUST CAME
OUT.
IT LOOKED AT MICE THAT HAD
LONGER TIMES TO CONCEIVE AND
HAD A MATCHING VAPING WITH
MICE.
DECREASE IMPLANTATION OF THE
MICE.
IN THE FETAL DNA IN THE MICE
WERE AFFECTED NEGATIVE
LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES THE
CARDIOVASCULAR AND
NEUROLOGICAL.
SO VAPING IS NOT A SAFE THING
FOR FERTILITY AT THIS POINT.
AND CERTAINLY NOT DURING
PREGNANCY AS WELL.
>> LIKE YOU MENTIONED THERE SO
MANY LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES
THAT WE DO NOT KNOW YET ABOUT
VAPING.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS HAS TO DO
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE VAPING AND
MAYBE NOT READY TO CONCEIVE
WERE NOT READY TO START A
FAMILY YET.
BUT WHAT THEIR CHANCES WOULD BE
LIKE IN 10 YEARS.
>> VAPING COULD HAVE LONG-TERM
CONSEQUENCES.
LUNGS AND HEART DISEASE.
SECONDHAND VAPING HAS BEEN
SHOWN TO BE AFFECTING THE
HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
INHALING THAT.
DUST PARTICLES THAT ARE GOING
OUT INTO THE AIR.
SO IT IS NOT A SAFE THING TO
DO.
AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
NICOTINE FOR VAPING WITH THE
RISKS FOR TOBACCO USE.
AND WE CANNOT DISCARD THAT.
TOBACCO USE.
DO YOU KNOW ONE AT A 4 TO 1/5
WOMEN REALIZED DO NOT REALIZE
IT INCREASES AND FERTILITY.
TUBAL PREGNANCY AND ECTOPIC
PREGNANCY.
EARLY IN MENOPAUSE UP TO FOUR
YEARS.
SO TOBACCO USE CLEARLY
DECREASES FERTILITY AND REDUCES
SPERM COUNTS AND MEN AND CAN
CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND
MISCARRIAGE.
SO THE TYPE OF THINGS USED FOR
RECREATION.
THERE ARE SACRED THINGS TO DO
TO REDUCE STRESS IF THAT IS
WHAT WE’RE DOING IT FOR LIKE
YOGA AND MEDITATION AND
EXERCISE.
>> I’M SURE A LOT OF YOUR
PATIENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT VAPING BECAUSE
IT’S SO POPULAR RIGHT NOW.
YOU’RE GETTING AN INFLUX OF IT
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IMPLANTATION
BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING YOU
MENTIONED.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS
FIRST OF ALL AND HOW YOUR
CHANCES OF IMPLANTATION WILL
CHANGE DUE TO VAPING.
>> SO WHAT IMPLANTATION IS IS
AFTER THE EGG HAS BEEN
FERTILIZED IN THE FALLOPIAN
TUBE, THE EMBRYO TRAVELS
THROUGH THE FALLOPIAN TUBE AND
IMPLANTS INTO THE UTERINE
CAVITY.
ABOUT 5 TO 6 DAYS AND
OVULATION.
SO THE EMBRYO SNUGGLES INTO THE
LINING OF THE UTERUS AND THAT
IS CALLED IMPLANTATION.
SO WHAT THEY FOUND IN THE STUDY
IS THAT IS WHAT WAS AFFECTED.
THEY HAD DECREASE PERCENTAGES
OF THOSE VOICES THEY WERE
IMPLANTING AND HAD LONGER TIMES
OF PREGNANCY.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT FERMENT
SPECIFICALLY I’M SURE GUYS ARE
LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF STUDY
THINKING I’M NOT TRYING TO GET
PREGNANT, RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
HOW WOULD THIS HELP OR MAYBE
DECREASE THEIR CHANCES OF
BECOMING A FATHER?
>> THE NICOTINE AS I SAID IN
VAPING IS COMPARABLE TO TOBACCO
SO THAT EFFECT SPERM COUNTS.
THEY MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF
BIRTH DEFECTS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT
OF SMOKE THAT’S AVAILABLE IT’S
NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL USER.
IT IS ALSO SECONDHAND SMOKE.
SO IT’S GOING TO YOUR FERTILITY
FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
>> AND SABBATICALS FOR DADS TOO
YOU ALREADY HAVE KIDS IN THE
HOUSE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT
SECONDHAND SMOKE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
RESPONSIBLE PARENTS NEED TO
KEEP THAT AWAY FROM THEIR
CHILDREN.
AND TO BE AS HEALTHY AS
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN YOU
WANT TO OBVIOUSLY NOT DO IT.
>> DOCTOR, WOULD YOU TREAT
VAPING JUST LIKE CIGARETTES
WHEN TALKING TO YOUR PATIENTS.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
EXCELLENT QUESTION AND PERFECT
.2 AND ON IS THAT CIGARETTE
SMOKING AND VAPING SHOULD NOT
BE DONE BY PEOPLE TRYING TO
CONCEIVE AND CERTAINLY NOT
DURING PREGNANCY.