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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) The effects of Ivermectin therapy on human males can have an effect on mens reproductive health.
Researchers at three universities in Nigeria studied the effects of Ivermectin, which is used to treat river blindness and other medical conditions in humans, on mens sperm counts. According to their study, 85 percent of men who take Ivermectin become sterilized.
Ivermectin is often used as an anthelmintic to combat parasites in animals and some people have been using it to fight COVID-19 despite health experts recommendations against it.
The study conducted by researchers in Nigeria screened 385 patients with river blindness to investigate the effects of Ivermectin on sperm function.
The researchers found that 85 percent of all male patients treated in a particular center with ivermectin in the recent past who went to the laboratory for routine tests were discovered to have developed various forms, grades and degrees of sperm dysfunction.
Dysfunctions include the following:
Low sperm count
Poor sperm morphology
Two heads
Tiny heads
Double tails
Absence of tails
Albino sperm cells
Azoospermia, or the absence of motile sperm
Poor sperm motility
There was a significant drop in the sperm counts of the patients after their treatment with Ivermectin, the studys authors concluded. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not authorized or approved Ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans or animals.
https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/ivermectin-causes-sterilization-in-85-percent-of-men-study-finds/
They'll study this in Nigeria, but the US is supposed to know better...
NNadir
(33,563 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)These MAGATS are driving themselves to extinction.
Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)catchnrelease
(1,946 posts)[link:|
ret5hd
(20,529 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)DBoon
(22,401 posts)an inability to reproduce will suffice
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)The award is about being unable to breed due to stupidity. Not just dying due to stupidity.
Im now a fan of increased ivermectin use in young evangelical males. And Im an Ex-evangelical.
cadoman
(792 posts)Here is a direct link to the study:
https://www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com/articles/effects-of-ivermectin-therapy-on-the-sperm-functions-of-nigerian-onchocerciasis-patients.pdf
BigmanPigman
(51,638 posts)so this would be a good start....if they can read and comprehend it that is.
FirefighterJo
(212 posts)... those asshats refused the vaccine because it would affect their sperm and virility ? Karma is a bitch, better enjoy her while it lasts... 😁
LeftInTX
(25,595 posts)Enter stage left
(3,399 posts)be baptized in Ivermectin every 6 months for the rest of their lives.
bottomofthehill
(8,351 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)lame54
(35,328 posts)Celerity
(43,579 posts)mackdaddy
(1,528 posts)So not only will you not be able to get it up, taking Ivermectin will cause you to shoot blanks.
And yet so many will still not get the vaccine, but will take horse dewormer?
Competing for BOTH the Darwin Award, AND the Herman Cane Award...
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/yes-covid-19-can-cause-erectile-dysfunction/
orleans
(34,079 posts)maybe if they had just manned up and vaxxed up but nooooooo
BaronChocula
(1,603 posts)Don't tell!
calimary
(81,521 posts)Yeah, thatll take care of all the rapists
PurgedVoter
(2,220 posts)Can everyone just delete this original post and all comments. No particular reason, just thinking this one might be better kept quiet.
eppur_se_muova
(36,301 posts)Maybe they can't do enough to protect us from MAGA stupidity in this generation, but they can prevent it being propagated genetically, at least.
aggiesal
(8,935 posts)Irony is thick with this story!
cstanleytech
(26,331 posts)manage to breed.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Only while you're taking it and then everything's fine the next day, or ... is it longer?
Alger60
(8 posts)The Onion headline couldn't be better than this! Tots and pears!
3catwoman3
(24,055 posts)Please let this be so.
Equomba
(197 posts)Not bad!
Hekate
(90,846 posts)DFW
(54,447 posts)I hereby declare my new stand on the stuff. Not only should it be given to every Republican male that requests it. It should also be given to every Republican male that doesnt request it!
NBachers
(17,149 posts)jmowreader
(50,566 posts)My newspaper needs to run this, and we only run national news off the AP feed.
nvme
(860 posts)but if it thins the herd................Leave them be.
caraher
(6,279 posts)The gist: it's not part of the Nigerian study but comes from a report referenced (badly) by the paper. That report resists confirmation because the reference leads nowhere.
So. The 85% figure comes NOT from this study linked in the tweet but from a reference to a report the authors mention. Their citation of that report isnt written correctly so I had to go searching for it, and in doing so I found another curious person who found the same thing. Because this is the internet, I must refer to him as Falcon Darkstar. Falcon Mr. Darkstar points out that the Journal of Biomedical Investigation wasnt published until 2003, but the reference points to 2002. He couldnt find any similar report and I cant either. So sorry, but we have to throw out the 85% idea unless and until we see a real study on it.
The actual study linked looked at 385 patients with river blindness, which would be a great number of subjects to have, so its unfortunate that they dismissed 90% of them for various reasons like too low of a sperm count already, leaving them with a scant 37 subjects. Of those, they found that for various reasons, 60% of the patients lost fertility after taking ivermectin. And thats it! A handful of men experienced a drop in fertility, but we dont know for how long, or why, or if this is just a statistical blip due to having so few subjects in the study. And, knowing that the authors couldnt even cite a report from a journal that existed at the time they say it was published, are we really confident in the rest of their data?
crickets
(25,986 posts)Voltaire2
(13,200 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivermectin-sterility-in-men/