COVID-19 and andrology: Recommendations of the French-speaking society of andrology (Société d’Andrologie de langue Française SALF)

Abstract SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) metamorphosed our medical practice. In early June 2020, more than 6,400,000 COVID-19 (coronavirus-19 disease) cases were diagnosed across the world and more than 380,000 deaths were linked to COVID-19. Many medical symptoms of COVID-19 were reported. We will focus, here, on potential impacts of COVID-19 on men’s andrological health. Our society (French-speaking society of andrology, SALF) also emitted some recommendations in the andrological management of men infected by SARS-CoV-2. First, considering the fever and the potential presence of SARS-CoV2 in semen, SALF recommends waiting for 3 months (duration of one spermatogenesis cycle and epididymal transit) before re-starting ART in the case of men diagnosed COVID-19 positive. Whatever the nature of testosterone and COVID-19 relationships, we recommend an andrological examination, sperm parameters, and hormonal evaluation at the time of the COVID-19 is diagnosed, and several months later. Furthermore, we are concerned by the potential morbid-mortality of the COVID-19, which mainly affects men. This “andrological bias”, if proven, must be reduced by specific andrological diagnosis, therapeutic and prophylactic measures. Research in this direction must be substantiated and financially supported over the next few months (years)..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Basic and Clinical Andrology - 30(2020), 1 vom: 13. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hamdi, S. [VerfasserIn]
Bendayan, M. [VerfasserIn]
Huyghe, E. [VerfasserIn]
Soufir, J.-C. [VerfasserIn]
Amar, E. [VerfasserIn]
El Osta, R. [VerfasserIn]
Plotton, I. [VerfasserIn]
Delalande, C. [VerfasserIn]
Perrin, J. [VerfasserIn]
Leroy, C. [VerfasserIn]
Bouker, A. [VerfasserIn]
Pons, H. [VerfasserIn]
Lejeune, H. [VerfasserIn]
Robin, G. [VerfasserIn]
Boitrelle, F. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Andrological care
Assisted reproductive technologies
Covid-19
Fever
Male
Orchitis
SARS-CoV-2
Semen
Testis
Testosterone

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© The Author(s) 2020

doi:

10.1186/s12610-020-00106-4

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