Does stress actually reduce sperm counts?

Does stress actually reduce sperm counts?

Philip Werthman, FACS (Director, Center for Male Reproductive Medicine) gives expert video advice on: Is male fertility affected by stress?; What are the emotional consequences associated with infertility and impotence? and more...

Depends on what the actual stress is as to whether it reduces sperm count and adds to <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/male-infertility-2">male infertility</a>. Is there only the stress of an infection, or the stress of surgery, or is the body mounting it's resources to try to heal some other area or to fight off an infection? If it is any of those things, the body will not be paying its greatest attention to making sperm at that point. This is part of the fight or fight response, where the body, smart enough to know when it is in danger, needs to go into protective mode. So all non-essential functions are reduced in their efficiency. I think that can happen with sperm production as well.