The effect of smoking in different durations on some of the fertility parameters for the patients attending an infertility center of al-Sader Teaching Hospital in Governorate of al-Najaf al-Ashraf

الملخص EN

This study have been performed in June 2009 in the center of infertility of Al-Najaf AL –Ashraf governorate .

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between cigarette smoking and semen parameters for 40 specimens included control provided from men who are smoking in different durations were divided into three yearly durations (5-9),(10-14)and (15-20)years regardless of the number of cigarettes per day , each group contain ten samples.

Semen analysis was performed manually according to the World Health Organization(WHO) criteria standard guidelines and the results are compared with control.

The results were showed that sperm parameters quality in the last group of smokers was lower than others so that it has been represented the most effect of group),therefore it appears that smoking effects on the mainly sperm parameters such as sperm count, sperm morphology and motility additional to liquefaction time and semen volume , this effect is represented by reduced semen quality and quantity in hich sign to arise the risk of idiopathic male infertility.