Features of structure and dynamics in disorders of fertile properties in ejaculate depending on type of alcohol drinks consumed

Abstract

Infertility in marriage is rather vital not only in our country, but abroad as well. According to the WHO data approximately 10% of married couples have trouble conceiving. The data concerning male sterility, its rate and severity are numerous and contradictory in scientific reports in our country and abroad. Harmful effect of abusing alcohol being spread amid male population, including men at reproductive age is of particular interest for research within the studies of male sterility. Due to the scanty information and the lack of precise data on etiology and pathogenesis of fertility in men consuming alcohol this research was aimed at studying the features in changes of sperm counts and the rate in spermatozoa DNA fragmentation depending on type and amount of alcohol consumed. The article contains the data of studying ejaculate fertile properties and features of spermatozoa DNA fragmentation in 110 men being divided into three groups depending on type and amount of alcohol consumed. According to the obtained data the degree of spermatogenesis disorder and tendency to increase level of spermatozoa DNA fragmentation depends on type, rate and amount of alcohol consumed. Thus, the low level in consumption of alcoholic drinks was accompanied by variations of admissible values in spermogram. The most evident changes in ejaculate fertile properties were being observed at middle and high risk in consumption of beer and alcohol mixed, as teratozoospermia has been revealed as a result not only from the ethanol effect but from the impact of components free alcohol character. The revealed changes require performing further researches for studying mechanisms of disorders in male reproductive function.