Leokadia Angela asked:


It’s a common myth these days that infertility is simply a woman’s problem. Because the woman is responsible for pregnancy, people often think that conception is completely her project as well. However, nothing could be further from the truth, and if you are a couple experiencing problems while trying to get pregnant, you owe it to yourselves to understand the truth about male infertility. After all, to ignore this issue is to waste valuable time that could be spent correcting it and addressing it properly.

How common is male infertility?

When a couple is having problems conceiving, it’s believed that the problem is usually 50/50, in other words, it’s equally likely that the problem is male infertility as it is the woman’s infertility. About 1 in 10 couples that try to conceive have difficulty, so you can understand just how common this issue is with men.

What are the common causes of male infertility?

Most people have heard that low ***** count is one of the common reasons for male infertility, but there are others; additionally, there are reasons why a man’s ***** count may be low. For example, smoking causes much damage to the reproductive system in a man, and can interfere with his ***** production. Trauma to the ******* region or testicles, such as an injury or accident, can also interfere with his ***** productions.

Other common causes for male infertility include malformed *****. In order to fertilize an egg, a ***** must be healthy, otherwise it will simply die before it even reaches the egg in the first place. Another common cause is low ***** motility. This is also called ‘lazy’ or ’slow’ *****. From a human point of view, the distance that ***** need to travel in order to fertilize a woman’s egg is not that much ‘ only a matter of inches, really ‘ but to the microscopic sperm, it may as well be miles. And ***** are very fragile to begin with, so if they are not active and mWhen talking about reproductive issues, a couple does well to consider some male infertility treatments that they can easily try at home. This is because in most cases of reproductive issues, infertility can equally be caused by the man’s reproductive system as it can be the woman’s. It is a common misconception (no pun intended) that all reproductive issues are strictly the woman’s problem. In reality, most couples being treated for this by medical doctors are finding this it’s a 50/50 chance that the man may need treatment, or it’s a combination of problems with both the man and the woman. In any case, someone may immediately wonder about male infertility treatments that you can try at home, first, before looking into medical intervention, expensive drugs, invasive surgeries, and the like. The good news is that there are some such treatments that men can try that may very well increase his abilities to impregnate.

Diet May be the Best Male Infertility Treatment

In a new study cited in OBGYN News, a group of Harvard researchers found that 79% of infertile couples had a lower-than-average intake of foods high in antioxidants – like fruits and vegetables. In one study published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Medicine, doctors found that after one week of daily doses of 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C, ***** counts rose by some 140%. So, a multivitamin or a vitamin C supplement may be the first male infertility treatment that you would want to try.

More recently, a study published in the Archives of Andrology showed the antioxidants vitamin E and selenium improved the ability of ***** to swim – a skill necessary to reach the egg.

Exercise also improves muscle tone and good muscle tone helps every aspect of your system as well. Excessive body weight also puts undue pressure on the reproductive organs and doesn’t allow them to function optimally; obese persons often suffer from reproductive issues. Any male infertility treatment that you try at home should include regular physical activity and exercise.

Drugs and Smoking ‘ A Barrier to Any Effective Male Infertility Treatment

Some medications can interfere with a woman’s and a man’s reproductive systems. If you are taking any prescription drugs, be mindful of the side effects. Ask your doctor if you’re not sure. And this includes illegal drugs as well. Many narcotics interfere with the body’s fertility, as does tobacco. Excessive drinking (more than three alcoholic beverages per day) can too.

If you or your partner smoke, it’s time to quit. Smokers have been shown to have 17% less ***** count on average, not to mention that it disrupts the health of remaining *****. If you’re taking illicit drugs, it’s time to quit those as well. And if necessary, make note of your drinking levels and cut back if needed.

So there you have it ‘ some natural, healthy male infertility treatments that any man or couple can try at home, before undergoing invasive surgery or doling out thousands on tests and medicines.

Blocked ***** ducts are another common cause of male infertility. When a man ejaculates, only about 1% of that fluid is actually sperm; if his ***** ducts are blocked, this means there will be even less sperm, if any at all.

A high ***** count and healthy ***** themselves are of course crucial for a man to be able to impregnate a woman. The more healthy ***** he has, the greater the chance of at least one of those ***** reaching that egg.

Male infertility can be treated!

The good news is that many of these conditions can be reversed, or helped along by your doctor; even if it means a medical intervention, most men with low ***** counts or malformed ***** can still help to conceive a healthy child. So if you’re experiencing problems conceiving, don’t waste another minute assuming that it’s just the woman. See your doctor today!



Darryl

Low Jeremy asked:


In the past, we were made to believe that infertility is a condition that only occurs in female. But the recent science casts more enlightenment on myths that were thought to be facts, we now know for certain that infertility obviously appears even in the male patients.

In fact, we are to examine the recorded cases of infertility, details will show us that factors of infertility is divided almost equally among female and male factors. These constituting factors take 30% and another 30% are covered by the shared factors which itself covers the unknown infertility conditions. Depending on the problems that the patient presents, treatments will vary largely from medications to extensive case analysis that may incur surgeries and operations on the affected areas.

Say for example erectile dysfunction, the only obvious clinical representation for which one may base the diagnosis of the condition. (Note: Infertility is not a physical condition and most symptoms are only shade of a far greater problem that resides inside the male’s body.).

Erectile dysfunction can be readily treated with medications. But with more advanced signs of infertility in man, the ultimate treatment may lead both the patient and the physician to using assisted reproduction technologies which do not only address male factors causing infertility but may also help treat female infertility.

Normally, in several types of assisted reproduction technologies, male patients are asked to produce ***** from which the ***** cells are gathered. There are many factors that will lead the techniques to either its success or its failure. One of which is the ***** quality.

If the ***** quality is workable for in-vitro fertilization (a form of assisted reproduction technology), it can fertilize along with female egg cells. This would commence all other methods that will follow after the ***** and egg retrieval.

However, if the ***** has overly low quality, it would be possible that the patients will be asked if they would want to adopt sperms from donors. If not, the procedure won’t continue at all. If they would agree then the cycle will be limited to the egg cell from the partner and ***** cells from another person.

Unfortunately, there exists no technology that will help increase the quality of the ***** cells of a specific person. The only thing that the medical science can do is to make the most out of the present condition the ***** quality may offer.

Male infertility is nearly hundred percent based on ***** problems. It may either be that the male patient develops poor ***** quality, low ***** count, or worse no ***** at all. Unfortunately enough, there is still no technique that may affect the condition of the ***** cells as presented by the patient. Instead, all treatments focus on how to make the most of the ***** cells that are under study.

In male infertility treatment, the female factors should also be taken seriously as these, in fact, largely contribute to the presence of the condition. For untreated male infertility, there is only less than 50% possibility that pregnancy will occur more specifically for cases that present ***** quality as the main focus of the problem.

However, it is strange how the nature of ***** quality fluctuation is not understood in the medical community. Often, the belief that the treatment is effective or ineffective depending on the variability of the treatment is misleading. Meanwhile, wide spectrum of male infertility treatments is still, for the present, has no scientific evidence to back up their effectiveness. This spectrum covers herbal treatments to hormonal treatment.

One of the simplest yet considered high-tech procedure in male infertility treatment is the artificial insemination of the ***** cells coupled with ovarian stimulation.

In-vitro fertilization, a method that is fastly becoming the ultimate option for nearly all couples who can afford the extensive treatment seem to offer a solution for infertility. Nonetheless, there are still no accurate parameters to predict the effectiveness of the treatment. In common cases, patients normally undergo 3 cycles before a possible conception is achieved. Aside from financial taxation, this infertility treatment can also exhaust the willingness of the couple to do the procedure for the 5th, 9th or who-can-guess how many more times.

Another option in aid of fertilization for poor ***** quality is the use of ***** donation. This is rarely the case though since men, with the high rate of ***** production is almost impossible of not creating *****. Nonetheless, for patients who are in need of this treatment, the assurance of success is high given the factor that the female is fertile.



Derrick

Cindy Heller asked:


Infertility is often thought as related to female but the facts are otherwise as up to fifty percent of the causes are due to male. From the underlying statistics, it is essential for the male to get tested as much as it is for the female. It could put men in a very compromising and embarrassing situation but early testing can save the women a lot of unnecessary pain and provide the couples with ready and definite answers to their infertility.

Many solutions are available for men who are infertile and you just need to know where to seek help. For conception to take place, the male have to be able to fertilize the egg in the right manner. If this does not take place, the causes are numerous and varied, therefore seeking solutions and treatments are essential in order for the couples to conceive.

There are wide varieties of treatment choices that can be found in today context and whichever treatments are dependable on the kind of infertility problems that you are encountering. In order for the right kind of treatments to be applied, you and your physician have to understand the type of infertility problem you are facing.

The infertility cause has to be indentified and not some unknown causes. Once the cause is found, the physician will have to determine how defective the ***** is and then the age of the female partner. Upon determination, the course of male infertility treatment can begin.

Certain causes of infertility are because of problems with the ***** and the seminal fluid or what is known as the reproductive organs. Generally there are definite causes and the right male infertility treatments are applied. A very widespread cause of male infertility is Varicocele and it is the result of problem with the varicose veins that are located in the path of the spermatic journey.

The varicose veins will be bigger than usual and do not dilate like before and there are a few signs to look out for. One of the symptoms is bigger than usual dilated veins that are found in the *******. Another symptom is a big swell, protuberance or inflammation on the ******* area that is unproblematic.

Some do not show any signs but for those problems, get an examination and remove the blockages to let the blood to flow normally. Surgical procedure is also used to repair the problem veins. With that the rate of pregnancy can be up to forty percent and it can take place in nine month after undergoing the treatment.

Another common problem is low ***** count and it is known as oligiospermis. With that a test will be carried out to determine the right ***** count, in addition to seeking out abnormality in shape and movement of the *****. For those with low ***** count, wearing loose clothing, doing on diet, abstaining from smoking and stop taking hot bath and saunas will be helpful. Absence of ***** is known as azoospermia but most issues can be treated if the right infertility treatment is applied.

For that form of male infertility treatment, an infertility pill known as Clomiphene citrate is used to stimulate the production of ***** in male as well as assisting the female to ovulate. Such treatment will greatly improve the ***** count in six months but there is a need to re-examine once every three months.

Besides that, a few changes in your behavior can be effective, such as lesser *********** for low ***** count to make certain that the ***** is increase dramatically in the ensuing period.

One of the better treatments for male infertility is through artificial insemination where the ***** and eggs are taken out with the fertilization occurring outside the womb. It is usually for those with low ***** count as just one ***** is needed to be injected to the egg. The age of the female will also be a determining factor as women get older; the success rate is much lower. On the other hand a combination of infertility treatment can be effective.

Seek the help of the health care providers for your male infertility problem and with the right type of treatments and the proper diagnosis, conception can occur. With so many diverse treatment options available, the percentage of conceiving is greatly enhanced. If all else fail, there is always adoption and the joy you bought forth to the orphaned child can greatly compensate your inability to conceive.



Anna