Male Factor Infertility

Male factor infertility accounts for the nearly thirty percent of all the infertility problems. Moreover, another thirty percent of infertility problems can be due to some factors amongst female.

A lot of people think that the only people who have fertility problems are the women. However, the

• Trauma of the testicles
• Exposure to harmful chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium
• Exposure of genitals to radiation
• Heavy alcohol drinking
• Marijuana user
• Cigarette smoker
• Delayed or too early occurrence of puberty
• Mumps that happen after puberty
• Genital tract infection
• Not descended testes
• Medications-ulcer and psoriasis
• Hernia repair

Moreover, the male factor infertility causes includes different health conditions. Such conditions may include the following: a. cystic fibrosis, b. genital tract infection, c. anatomical abnormalities, d. sickle cell anemia and a lot more. Furthermore, one of the main findings with male’s infertility problem is the problem on the sperm cell. Sperm disorders like sperm immobility, low sperm count and/or abnormal sperm are the main known cause of male factor infertility.

On the other hand, due to many inventions and with the advancement of technology, fertility problems can now be solved in different ways. For most cases, especially with woman infertility, fertility drugs are the first line of treatment for infertility. Different medications are prescribed like Clomid and HCG which are taken orally. A lot of women who engaged with this treatment has restores their normal ovulation and menstruation after some couples of continuous medication.

Meanwhile, for the male factor infertility, artificial insemination can be done. Artificial insemination is a simple yet inexpensive medical procedure. It is one of the most known options prior to considering and attempting in vitro fertilization for fertility treatment.  The process of artificial insemination works by artificially or manually putting the sperm into the woman’s cervix or uterus for the sperm to easily reach the mature egg of the woman. The sperm that is to be injected inside the woman’s cervix or womb has been enhance or nourished from the laboratory before having it injected. During the process, the menstruation of the woman is closely observed with the use of different tools like ultrasound and blood tests.

Moreover, the benefits of artificial insemination are really promising especially to the male factor infertility. The donor of the sperm should be tested and screened first before donating the sperm cells. Aside from that, both the male and female with infertility problem can use this type of procedure. The married couples can choose whether they are going to use the sperm donated by her husband or the sperm that has been donated by others on the sperm bank.

In vitro fertilization is a certain procedure by which the egg cells from the woman are fertilized by the sperm cell of her partner outside the body. It is also considered to be the major treatment for infertility.  In vitro fertilization is done with the involvement of some hormone controlling drugs that can affect the ovulation. If the ovulation inside the ovaries of a certain woman happened, removal of ova is done and fertilization of the sperm cell happens in a certain fluid medium. In the event that fertilization has successfully happened, the fertilized egg is then transferred to the woman’s uterus for implantation and eventually pregnancy.

IVF Success rates shows that that patients or women who are twenty to twenty four years old can get a seventy five percent chance of becoming pregnant. On the other hand, women with forty to forty four years old may likely to have a seventy five percent miscarriage as a result. In addition, on the year 2005, there are at least 134, 260 in vitro fertilization cases and the result of that is 52, 041 delivery of babies. Though some may result to positive results, majority seems to result to miscarriages.

Male factor infertility problems can really be very depressive and hard to overcome. But with the aid of these different inventions and highly technological devices, getting pregnant and conceiving a child can be easy. Moreover, you must still maintain a normal and sound health to prevent infertility problems from happening.