Over a million men sterile in China

Over a million men sterile in China

At least a million men in China have fertility problems.

According to a research, millions of men have prostatic disorders in China, the Beijing Times reported.

More than a million men have been found to be infertile, and 50 per cent of men over the age of 40 have ED (erectile dysfunction), the paper said.

The increase in male infertility is closely related to increasing pressure in day-to-day life and environmental deterioration, Ye Linyang -director of the urology department of Beijing-based 304 Military Hospital said.

He said: "Symptoms of male menopause which should appear in men above 60 can now be found in men around 40."

A public education campaign on mens health will be launched by the China Health Education Center, the paper said.

The campaign aims to reach 250 million people, 20 per cent of the total population, through publicity on posters and distributing health education handbooks. - China Daily

Published Nov 8, 2011