COVID Infects Penis, Testicles and Prostate - Causes Pain, Erectile Dysfunction, Reduced Sperm Count

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By NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MARCH 4, 2022

Testicular pain, erectile dysfunction, reduced sperm count and quality, decreased fertility are direct consequence of infection, new study shows. Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in large animal models. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected-rhesus macaques, revealed the prostate, vasculature of testicles, penis, and testicles were all infected with the virus.

The surprising discovery was made utilizing a PET scan specially designed to reveal sites of infection spreading over time in a whole-body scan. Scientists didn’t know what they would find, but they expected to see the virus in the lungs and high up in the nose near the brain because people were experiencing loss of taste and smell.

“But the signal that jumped out at us was the complete spread through the male genital tract,” said lead investigator Thomas Hope, professor of cell and developmental biology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. “We had no idea we would find it there.”

“These results indicate that the testicular pain, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, reduced sperm count and quality, and decreased fertility associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection are a direct consequence of infection of cells of the male reproductive tract and not indirect mechanisms such as fever and inflammation,” Hope said.

https://scitechdaily.com/covid-infects-penis-testicles-and-prostate-causes-pain-erectile-dysfunction-reduced-sperm-count/

[LakeArenal]

1. And a cousin's friend somewhere with gigantic balls.

[zuul]

24. Underrated post of the day!

Also a DUzy!

[LakeArenal]

25. 😉

[Lovie777]

2. Didn't the RWers say that about the COVID vaccination . .. .

[we can do it]

3. Hope their junk falls off.

[Budi]

4. Well that may be how the republican demographic is devolved.

Perhaps.

[smirkymonkey]

5. I was thinking the same thing.

Might not be such a bad thing afterall.

[Budi]

6. Survival of the fittest?

[Meowmee]

7. Not a total surprise

Because many came to er with uti symptoms and had covid. It damaged my father’s heart, brain, and bladder and more I am sure. One of his first signs was uncontrolled urination and he became incontinent.

[milestogo]

8. I've never heard of these effects before.

These are serious medical issues. I wonder if the reduction in fertility is temporary.

[Meowmee]

16. Time will tell if anyone follows up on it

I looked it up at the time he was infected and found some articles describing it.

The damage done to my father caused his death and destroyed his life. The hospital purely murdered him at the end and also infected him with covid at the start.

[LiberalFighter]

17. Temporaty by one means. Death.

[Nevilledog]

9. Darwin works in mysterious ways.

[2naSalit]

12. +1

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Anti-maskers should be reported to the Infertility Police

[elias7]

11. Genital abusers

[louis-t]

13. As if I don't have enough problems....

[elias7]

14. Someone should post on Facebook, on THOSE sites

I no longer am a member (sic)

[I_UndergroundPanther]

18. Hopefully thier will

Be less numbers of toxic men and karens.

[msfiddlestix]

19. What about those who were vaxxed? does the study mention that group?

just asking for a neighbor who is an anti-vaxxer.

and a guy...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. Great. Now they're going to buy bigger guns and pickups...

[Trumpdumper]

21. This Makes Perfect Darwinian Sense

Nature favors the propagation of those who aren't stupid enough to believe irrational argument and not get vaccinated.

[JCMach1]

23. Told you guys months ago,

LOL.

Caused me to lose some sensitivity down there.

[Chainfire]

26. Damn, I may be patient zero. I have had all that since the 90s.

[FakeNoose]

27. As we've learned Covid affects different people in different ways

While some victims have minimal or no long-term effects, others have serious damage to their lungs, heart, kidneys, brain or other areas. We know that some just cannot survive, and that's especially true for the unvaccinated, and for those with co-morbidities. Studies are still being done, and data are changing as the new variants evolve.