Infertility In Male

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  • Author Altruist Jone
  • Published April 18, 2010
  • Word count 511

Infertility is the inability of a couple to conceive after trying for one year. Infertility for women is the inability to deliver a baby to full term. .There are many ways to seek infertility help for couples who are unable to conceive. If you found that you are unable to conceive after trying for more than a year, then it is time to seek help as you are most likely infertile. Seeking the assistance of an infertility expert is one way and they will be able to offer the proper treatment once tests are conducted.

Causes of Male Infertility

The causes of male infertility can be categorized into two, which are congenital condition and acquired condition. Congenital male infertility means that the involved causes are present since birth while acquired male infertility is developed later in life, mostly due to illness that affect the male's reproductive system.

Cause of infertility and perhaps the most important is hormonal imbalance. The reproductive hormones are FSH, LH, Estrogen, progesterone and testesterone. Hormonal imbalance is the underlying cause of all other secondary causes of infertility like fibroids, ovarian cysts, endomytriosis, endometrial hyperplasia, irregular periods, heavy periods or lack of mensis. This is because there is a maxim in natural medicine that says, "for any symptoms (infertility in this case) or symptom complex, there is always an imbalance behind it."

An investigation of family history is the first diagnostic method in detecting the causes of one's infertility. The doctor will try to establish if the causes are congenital or acquired as they learn more about a patient's family history. Then, a semen analysis follows where the male's fluids is examined as the doctor looks for the concentration of sperm cells, sperm shape, the mobility of sperm, total number of moving sperm and the total volume of the semen.

Women need to have both healthy eggs and blockage free fallopian tubes to allow for conception. Female infertility is often caused by ovulation disorder. Correct cycles of ovulation are necessary for the healthy eggs to descend into place for the sperm to reach it. Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the more common problems in female infertility.

It is important for couple to understand that infertility affects both men and women. The problem may not lie with the woman. It is important for the male to take a male infertility test to determine the source of the problem.

A male infertility test is conducted with a sperm sample provided by the man through masturbation. The same way that sperm donation is collected. This is normally done in the privacy of his own home and delivered within a specified time. Or it is collected in the fertility clinic.

Medication:

Medications for infertility may be complicated and may involve long processes of research and application. However, as arduous as the process may be, overcoming infertility is not an impossibility. Seeking the right medication for you is the first step in finding the right treatment for your infertility. Speak to your fertility specialists regarding your options including alternative medicine and options.

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