Effects of cocaine on sperm

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An experiment using human semen has found that cocaine may attach itself to the sperm of men who use the drug, entering an egg at the moment of conception and damaging the fetus. If the effect is proven true, cocaine-using fathers may have to share more of the responsibility with cocaine-using mothers for birth defects in children, said Dr. Other toxins such as lead and mercury to which fathers are exposed could also be hitchhiking on sperm in the same fashion, Dr. Yazigi added, affecting the fetus even before organ development begins. Yazigi and his former colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis published their findings in the current issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Photo via Flickr User Imagens Evangelicas. Life is full of hard truths. One of the hardest is that you can only party for so long before your body starts asking you nicely to please chill out, or you accumulate so many responsibilities that drinking five beers and popping a molly just isn't wise anymore.

Partying with cocaine may seem exciting, but if you are hoping to get pregnant or if you are having unprotected sex, it could be destructive beyond. Here's what you need to know about how cocaine affects fertility. If you're wondering if cocaine use will affect your fertility, the answer is very clear: it will. Not only that but, it will affect a man's fertility, too. If you want even stronger reasons for both of you not to do cocaine while you are planning a family or if you aren't careful about birth control, cocaine has also been shown to cause birth defects , including, according to Drug Free World, premature birth, stunted growth, and brain and nervous system damage.