Heat to the scrotum can damage sperm or cause low count

I have read, in a few places, that sperm needs to be kept at a slightly lower temperature than body temp. to stay healthy, and that this is the reason that our testes are outside the body. I have also heard that some chefs encunter problems in this area, due to standing in front of a hot stove for 8 hours + a day. The heat can damage sperm.

This had led me to pose the question.
When i warm up i use a cup of hot water, and dip the old fella in. This means that the hot cup is pushed right up against my nuts, and is going to heat them up. I’ve started putting a folded sock in between them and the cup to try to combat this. I just dont know the exact effects of 10-15 mins a day of heat on the sperms but i do know that heat is not good for them. Just a thought on safety precautions there, hope it’s helpful.

You worry too much, balls create new sperm over and over. And in that theory after every shower your sperm is toasted?

Actually, the original poster is right. Heat hinders mobility of sperm.
It has been shown by a research that men who bath often have significantly lower sperm mobility than men who just shower.
Reason is, obviously, prolonged exposure of testicles to higher temperatures.
Good news is that mobility of sperm increased after tested men stopped having baths and started just showering.
The thing is, shower = stream of warm water over testicles for 5-15 minutes and bath = testicles dipped in warm water for 20+ minutes.

Solution to original poster’s problem is simple. Just use the rice sock.
Take a sock, fill it with few ounces of rice, tie a knot so it doesn’t go out, microwave it for a minute and that’s it.
Wrap it around your penis using one hand to completely block the rice sock from touching your testicles.

I think everyone is right here, they do like to be kept at a constant temperature, Hence they move near to and away from the body like when it’s cold and hang lower when hot.

But the little beggars do like to be let loose fairly often

So everyone is happy :swimmer:

These effects are temporary, and go back to normal once you stop the heat. It doesn’t matter unless you’re trying to get someone pregnant.

I was going to say. Shoot Ill toast my balls in an oven for 20 minutes if that means I don’t have to worry about pregnancy!

Exactly. I couldn’t have said it any better. Also, in case the original poster thought this might lead to decreased load amounts, it wouldn’t. Plus, most of the load does not even come from your balls in the first place.

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If you are trying to make a baby, don’t heat your balls before having sex. Other then that, who cares how fast they are swimming, or how many there are. As said previously, the effects from heat are temporary.

OK, thanks for that, i can stop trying to invent ridiculous ways of insulating my nuts. The rice sock seems to be the answer; i’ll just have think of something to say to my parents when they ask me why i’ve got a sock full of rice in the microwave, but these are small details, small details.

Just tell your parents you are prepping their dinner.

Or tell them that you are sterilising the rice to prevent an out break of (Whatever they are scared of most)

Key word is “prolonged”. Otherwise the body does a pretty good job of regulating sperm production.

What steve describes above will not cause a problem.

My boys have been tied off for 19 years, but they still produce sperm. Hook them back up and I can create a baby. Ugh. No thanks.