I never gave it much thought, but for men the quantity of sperm produced in the testicles is of the utmost importance.
Almost as important as money in the eyes of some women, and I can envision dames in the very near future subtly (or not) quizzing their dates about their liquid assets.
Some individuals are saddled with a “low sperm count” and might have difficulties procreating. Bummer (or blessing) depending on where you stand!
Technically this means there are fewer than normal “little guys” paddling in your seminal stream.
The first question that comes to mind is: how many spermatozoids should there be in one milliliter of sperm?
A dozen? A hundred? A thousand? Does anybody know?
According to the Mayo Clinic,” your sperm count is considered lower than normal if you have fewer than 15 million sperm per milliliter of semen.”
Whoa! That’s a lot of Matzo Balls!
I never checked my own count because I was too busy counting my money and mainly because it looked a little difficult rounding up all these little guys.
Now, how do you determine how rich (or how impoverished) you are?
Zat eez ze question!
Well, I just read in a French magazine called “Sciences et Avenir” that an auto test performed at home in now available in French pharmacies.
It is called SpermCheck and is already sold in Great Britain and the United States.
It will calculate the concentration of spermatozoids/ml in your seminal fluid and tell you if it is below par or normal.
Keeping track of the little swimmers (unless you are a perv) is not man’s favorite occupation, although on a rainy day (and if there is nothing to watch on the tube) you could be persuaded to do it to be companionable.
Basically the user must blend his semen with a special solution. He must then put six drops of the liquid on a “reader”, which in turn will search for a protein of semen called “SP10 “.
“The result must be exactly read after seven minutes”. Therefore it is necessary to secure a watch or a chronometer before launching the test; otherwise you might be getting an erroneous result.
Sperm count and fertility decline with advancing age and that’s why many busy young professionals are now freezing their eggs or sperm and keep it into a secure vault for future use.
So technically speaking, you could father a child while napping in a wheelchair or even when resting three feet underground.
You cannot stop progress, but progress can get a little spooky.
Wishing you a high count of you know what.
Wink wink!
Alain
PS: The Spermcheck Fertility auto test is manufactured by Contravac, an American company based in Virginia.
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