Tight pants cause infertility
MEN with ambitions of fatherhood should chuck out their Y-fronts, skin-tight jeans and cycling shorts and replace them with loose-fitting boxer shorts - or, better “go commandoâ€.
By herbert Mugarura
MEN with ambitions of fatherhood should chuck out their Y-fronts, skin-tight jeans and cycling shorts and replace them with loose-fitting boxer shorts - or, better “go commandoâ€.
Tight pants can damage the testicles and cause infertility. Testicles need to be 22°C cooler than the core body temperature, and that is why they hang out in the scrotum to keep cool. Tight underwear make it too hot for the testicles.
This decreases the production of testosterone and sperms leading to male infertility.
In the 16th century, Russian peasants used bearskin pants as a method of birth control.
Wearing tight pants also puts pressure on the testicles, pushing them up against the body or into pouches within the body.
This can cause sore, painful testicles. There is also evidence to suggest that there could be an increased risk of testicular cancer.
In the past, men used not to put on pants. Later they would tuck their shirt tails between their legs and fastened them with buttons.
Y-fronts were invented for baseball players in 1932 and boxer shorts as a healthy uniform pant for soldier in World War II.
One man mentions of his father, a doctor who never wore underpants because of the known health risks.
The writer is a medical doctor
MEN with ambitions of fatherhood should chuck out their Y-fronts, skin-tight jeans and cycling shorts and replace them with loose-fitting boxer shorts - or, better “go commandoâ€.
Tight pants can damage the testicles and cause infertility. Testicles need to be 22°C cooler than the core body temperature, and that is why they hang out in the scrotum to keep cool. Tight underwear make it too hot for the testicles.
This decreases the production of testosterone and sperms leading to male infertility.
In the 16th century, Russian peasants used bearskin pants as a method of birth control.
Wearing tight pants also puts pressure on the testicles, pushing them up against the body or into pouches within the body.
This can cause sore, painful testicles. There is also evidence to suggest that there could be an increased risk of testicular cancer.
In the past, men used not to put on pants. Later they would tuck their shirt tails between their legs and fastened them with buttons.
Y-fronts were invented for baseball players in 1932 and boxer shorts as a healthy uniform pant for soldier in World War II.
One man mentions of his father, a doctor who never wore underpants because of the known health risks.
The writer is a medical doctor