TEMPERATURE AND MALE-INFERTILITY

Testicular and some epididymal functions run to a lower temperature than the body one. This physiologic hypothermia is maintained with a double thermoregulatory system. An induced increase in body, scortal or testiculoepididymal temperature results in a reversible decreased number and quality of spermatozoa. As spermatogenesis is related to temperature, fever and thermogenic occupations are to be looking for Since 40 % of the infertile men have an abnormally high scrotal temperature with a depressed spermatogenesis, the tracking down of this intrinsic hyperthermia gives a potential symptomatic treatment by cooling the scrotum.