![]() Getty) gettyīefore you go nuts about the results, keep in mind that this is a very small sample. Three ended up reaching the normal range in subsequent samples.įinding the SARS-CoV-2 in semen doesn't necessarily make Covid-19 sexually transmitted. For all, the sperm counts increased with time. Five of the study participants provided follow-up semen samples. One other participant had a sperm concentration of less than 15 million/mL with the normal range being 15 million to greater than 200 million sperm per milliliter of semen. Two other study participants had sperm concentrations of less than 5 million/mL. The man wasn’t the only study participant with low sperm counts. By Day 101 after his initial diagnosis with severe Covid-19, his sperm concentration had jumped up to 16 million/mL, and by Day 170 it had increased to 72 million/mL. “Post-Covid-19 syndrome” is when these go beyond 12 weeks, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) definition.įortunately, things got better for the 34-year-old man. “Ongoing symptomatic Covid-19” refers to issues that continue through the four to 12 week period after the onset of Covid-19. It’s the persistence of Covid-19-related symptoms beyond the three to four week timeframe of an acute Covid-19 coronavirus infection. In this case, “long” doesn’t refer to the size of one’s privates but instead the duration of symptoms. This may be yet another manifestation of long Covid. What’s a bit surprising about this case report is that the virus was still hanging out in the man’s semen so long after the initial infection. Therefore, if anyone asks whether you want some orchitis for Valentine’s Day, you may want to say no. By the way, while orchitis may sound like something that you should put in a vase, it is actually a medical term for inflammation of your testicle or testicles. Furthermore, there is evidence that the original SARS virus can cause orchitis just like many other viruses such as HIV, hepatitis B and C, mumps, and Epstein–Barr. Moreover, cells in your testes may have a fair number of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, which the SARS-CoV-2 can attach to before entering cells. There have been reports of people suffering testicular discomfort with Covid-19. Or “their testicles” if you don’t have them. As I covered for Forbes in April 2020, back then, there was already groin speculation that the SARS-CoV-2 can affect your testicles. Now, finding the virus in semen is not super surprising.
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