Much has been said and written on the ill effects of tobacco. The health effects of tobacco on both men and women are well known. Regardless of the amount or frequency of consumption, tobacco consumption can affect the lungs, heart, neck, mouth, throat and can even cause the growth of cancer cells. If it is consumed for a long time, other parts of the body also start getting affected.
While people understand that smoking increases the risk of heart, vascular and lung disease, what they do not realize is that it can also cause fertility problems in both men and women. Smoking also increases the chances of erectile dysfunction and pregnancy complications.
Chemicals such as nicotine, cyanide and carbon monoxide accelerate the loss rate of eggs, reports the US Food and Drug Administration. Furthermore, once the eggs are dead they cannot reproduce or be replaced. This indicates that menopause occurs 1 to 4 years earlier than in non-smokers.
Tobacco affects fertility
One of the ways tobacco affects fertility is by affecting hormonal production in women by affecting the hypothalamus, thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands. Tobacco use has been linked to higher levels of circulating androgens or male hormones such as testosterone in women.
It is said that women who smoke are not able to conceive as efficiently as non-smokers. Infertility rates in both male and female smokers are about twice the rate of infertility found in non-smokers. The risk of fertility problems only increases with the number of times a person smokes daily.
Fertilization procedures such as IVF may not be able to completely remove the effects of tobacco use on fertility. Female smokers require more ovulation-stimulating drugs during IVF and, at recovery time, they still end up with fewer eggs.
smoking can affect your baby
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) said in a report that men whose mothers smoked half a pack of cigarettes a day (or more) had lower sperm counts. Smoking during pregnancy also limits the development of the baby before birth.
Babies born with low birth weights have a higher risk of medical problems such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Children whose parents smoke are at risk of developing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and asthma.
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