How does chemical exposure affect fertility?

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1. How do chemicals affect fertility?

In fact, we cannot deny the great benefits brought from thousands of different chemicals to life. They are widely used in today's modern manufacturing industry. However, beneficial and harmful, chemicals can affect human fertility. This is also one of the major concerns for people whose jobs have to be exposed to a lot of toxic industrial chemicals.
More recent studies have found that long-term exposure to low levels of benign chemical mixtures in the everyday environment can also pose fertility risks. This includes the risk of impaired egg production, miscarriage, sperm abnormalities, and decreased sperm count. Even chemicals can affect the fetus even in the womb and cause infertility in adulthood.

2. How do chemicals affect hormones in the body?

There are some chemicals that can disrupt hormones. They block or upset the normal pattern of hormones in the body. Some chemicals can masquerade as natural estrogen and pose a high risk to a woman's conception, fetal development and the mother's health.
In addition, endocrine disruptors can interfere with the complex genetic instructions for the development of male or female reproductive organs in a growing fetus in the womb. Moreover, they also promote early puberty in a girl, which in turn increases the risk of diseases harmful to fertility, such as: Endometriosis, or ovarian syndrome polycystic disease (PCOS).

3. How to limit exposure to chemicals?

To limit your exposure to harmful chemicals from the environment, you need to keep the following in mind:
Use a water purifier to remove contaminants, such as chloroform and atrazine. Consume organic foods to limit your exposure to pesticides. Limit or store food in styrofoam containers, switch to glass containers instead.

Limit the use of products made from vinyl, because they can cause hormone disorders and lead to early puberty in children. Limit the use of strong cleaners because they contain many chemicals. For those whose daily work is exposed to a lot of chemicals, to prepare for a healthy pregnancy, both husband and wife should have their reproductive health checked 3-5 months before becoming pregnant.
The wife should:
Get vaccinated before pregnancy (especially against rubella because rubella in pregnancy is extremely dangerous ) Genetic testing to screen for genetic diseases before pregnancy Check for secondary infections In particular, women over 35 years of age, if they want to become pregnant (especially if they have never been pregnant), will have to have a very detailed health check because pregnancy at this age often problems: Ovarian failure, premature birth, higher risk of birth defects, placenta previa, preeclampsia.

Husbands should:
Check reproductive health, detect testicular atrophy, physiological weakness, weak sperm... Sexually transmitted diseases, especially those that cannot be cured, are extremely dangerous. Vinmec Insurance currently has many comprehensive health care programs for couples, pregnant mothers and their unborn babies, including basic pre-marital examination packages, advanced pre-marital examination packages, and full maternity programs. package . Vinmec has a team of experienced doctors in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, IVF, stem cells, gene technology, capable of synchronously and comprehensively deploying the most advanced assisted reproductive techniques today.
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Reference source: babycenter.com

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