While everyone in Europe is seeing China as a source of hope and positive inspiration on how to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians there have introduced a disturbing theory. It is actually a piece of bad news for all male patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
After understanding the DNA of the virus, Chinese physicians believe the novel coronavirus can damage the testicles of infected male patients. Their theory is based on the structure the virus uses to invade human cells. Thus, coronavirus uses a protein named 'S protein' to bind with the ACE2 element of the cells. This is the main way it uses to invade the lungs' cells.
Testicles are known to have a good amount of ACE2, and Chinese physicians do consider the risk of testicle damage. Thus, it is theoretically speculated that the coronavirus infection may cause testicular damage, affecting sperm production and androgen synthesis. Male fertility could be put under question, with worse cases causing male infertility and diminishment of sexual potency. This is the reason physicians are asking all healed male patients in China to perform additional tests regarding their sexual health.
Let's hope this will remain an unproven theory. Otherwise, men around the world should take very seriously the protection measures against coronavirus.
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