男性將手機放褲兜 小心精子被煮熟

Fertility experts are warning man that using a mobile for as little as an hour a day is "cooking sperm" and lowering level significantly.
生育專家警示男性：每天玩手機的話，即使只是玩一個小時，都是在「煮精子」，會大大降低精子的質量。

The new study shows that having a mobile phone close to the testicles - or within a foot or two of the body - can lower sperm levels so much that conceiving could be difficult.
這項最新研究表明，手機的存放位置若靠近睪丸，或者在身體的一兩英尺（1英尺=0.3米）之內，都將極大地降低精子質量，甚至威脅到生育能力。

The findings have led to a leading British fertility expert to advise men to stop being addicted to mobile phones.
根據該研究結果，英國一位著名生育學家對廣大男性同胞發出倡議：不要沉溺於手機。

The study - by highly respected specialists - found that sperm levels of men who kept their phones in their pocket during the day were seriously affected in 47 per cent of cases compare to just 11 per cent in the general population.
業內知名專家進行的這項研究發現：那些整天把手機放在口袋裡的男性，其中47%都有精子質量嚴重受損的情況，而相比之下，在普通人群中，這個比例僅為11%。

Professor Martha Dirnfeld, of the Technion University in Haifa, said: "We analysed the amount of active swimming sperm and the quality and found that it had been reduced.
以色列海法理工大學的瑪莎·迪恩菲爾德教授說道：「我們對活躍的遊動精子進行了分析，其數量和質量都有所下降。」

"We think this is being caused by a heating of the sperm from the phone and by electromagnetic activity."
「我們認為，手機或其他電磁輻射活動相當於對精子進行了加熱，從而導致這一結果。」

The team monitored more than 100 men attending a fertility clinic for a year.
該研究團隊對前往生育診所就診的100多名男性進行了為期一年的追蹤調查。

They found that besides men keeping their phones close to their groin many spoke on the phone while it was charging and kept it only a few centimetres from their bed.
研究人員發現，男士們除了會把手機放在腹股溝附近之外，還會在充電時打電話，或者把手機放在離床僅幾釐米遠的地方。

Even keeping the phone on a bedside table appears to raise lower sperm cell counts.
即使把手機放在床邊的桌子上，也會使低質精子數目增加。

The findings are in the journal Reproductive BioMedicine and support a long-feared link between dropping fertility rates in men and the prevalent use of cellular phones.
長久以來，人們一直擔憂男性生育能力下降與手機的普及有關，而該研究證實這種擔憂是必要的。研究成果發表在了《生殖生物醫學》雜誌上。

The quality of sperm among men in Western countries is constantly decreasing and is considered crucial in 40 percent of the cases in which couples have difficulty conceiving a child.
目前在西方國家，男性精子質量不斷下降，有情況嚴重的夫妻甚至難以孕育自己的孩子，這類情況佔比高達40%。

Professor Gedis Grudzinskas, a fertility consult ant St George's Hospital London and in Harley Street said: " Men need to think about their well being and try to stop being addicted to their phones.
生育諮詢師哲迪斯·格魯辛思凱教授在倫敦哈利街聖喬治醫院任職。他表示：「男人們應該多為自己的幸福生活考慮一下，不要總是沉迷手機。」

"If you wear a suit to work put the mobile in your chest pocket instead of close to your testes. It will reduce the risk of your sperm count dropping or dropping so much.
「若你是著西裝上班，最好不要把手機放在褲子口袋這樣靠近睪丸的地方，而是應該放在上衣胸前的口袋。這麼做會一定程度上降低精子質量下降的風險。」

"And do you need to keep the phone right next to you on the bedside table. Some men keep their mobile in their shorts or pyjamas in bed. Is that really necessary?"
「而且也沒必要把手機緊挨著床邊放——比如床頭桌這樣的地方。有的男性甚至在睡覺時還把手機放在短褲或者睡衣裡，這真的有必要嗎？」

Professor Dirnfeld said: "I think this is a warning to men to change their habits to improve their chances of having children. Women generally don't carry their mobiles on them so maybe a mobile phone won't affect their fertility. That's not something we have looked at."
迪恩菲爾德教授稱：「我覺得這對男性來說是個預警，他們應該改一改生活習慣，來提高生育小孩的機率。一般來說，女性不會貼身攜帶手機，所以手機應該不會對她們的生育能力造成影響。不過這方面我們還沒有研究過。」

Professor Alan Pacey, a fertility research scientist at Sheffield University has scoffed at suggestions that mobile phones could be damaging male fertility and insists he will be carry on putting his mobile in his trouser pocket.
然而，謝菲爾德大學的生育研究學家亞蘭·佩西教授，卻對手機影響男性生育能力之類的言辭嗤之以鼻。他堅稱自己還會繼續把手機裝在褲兜裡。

Professor Dirnfeld said: "Dr Pacey might not need to worry about his fertility, but for younger guys it is a worry. If you a trying for a baby and it doesn't happen within a year you might want to think of whether it could be your mobile phone habit that is to blame."
迪恩菲爾德教授表示：「佩西博士都這個年紀了，也許已經用不著擔心自己的生育能力了。但對廣大年輕男士而言，這的確值得擔憂。如果你一直想要個孩子，而一年內都沒什麼進展，你就得好好反思了，是不是自己攜帶手機的方式不對。」

英文來源：英國每日電訊報
譯者：懵懵zoe
審校&編輯：杜娟