Mens Health & Infertility
Infertility is quite often associated and considered as female issues, but like it or not the truth is much more complicated. Men have their equal proportion of contribution in infertility factors that cause the couples to not conceive a child.
Male fertility is an issue that is largely affected by the sperm production and sperm transport process. The certain functional problems that put male fertility at risk comprise:
- Low sperm count: It is also termed as oligospermia. Low sperm count is termed when ejaculation does not contain sufficient amount of sperm requisite for conception.
- Azoospermia: When there is no sperm in ejaculation. This might be possible due to blockage of the tubes or testicular failure.
- Low or poor motility: Due to poor motility the sperm may swim slowly or not at all through women reproductive system.
- Irregular shape: Abnormal shape sperm finds it difficult to penetrate the surface of the women’s egg.
- Problem of ejaculation: Men do have the problem of ejaculation or retrograde when semen enters the bladder rather than emerging through penis.
- Antibodies: When man’s immune system develops antibodies, it obstructs the activities of sperm and reduces its ability to penetrate woman’s egg effectively.
- Prostatectomy: The prostate surgery may develop some post surgery problem or side effect that can jeopardize male fertility such as impotence, retrograde ejaculation and infertility.
How to overcome infertility problem and maintain good health
Maintaining sound health is very significant in order to get rich fertility. Active and positive lifestyle not only maintains and develops good health but it also boosts up your testosterone and fertility to a large extent. Taking right amount of diet and nutrition is very essential. Regular exercise is must for everyone.
Avoid negative lifestyle and habit such as smoking, alcohol, sexually transmitted disease, stress, tight fit undergarments, anabolic steroids (usually taken for body building and sport purpose), over-weight or underweight, chemicals and health hazardous environment. Such things always reduce your health and fertility index both in short and long run. So better keep yourself away from these factors.
Treatment for male infertility
Modern advancement and technology have developed several reproductive techniques and treatments that are quite effective in curing men’s infertility such as:
- In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
- Artificial Insemination
- Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm injection (ICSI)
- Surgery
- Hormone therapy
It is highly recommended that you should always consult your andrologist if you are in any sort of problem rather than becoming your own physician.
