Dec 28 2008
Setting the scene: some male fertility issues
In this blog, I continue where I stopped in the last. This time, we’ll set the scene for some male fertility issues:
Some of the physical conditions that may lead to infertility issues with males are:
- Cryptorchidism – this is a condition where the testicles do not descend into the scrotal sacs.
- Retrograde ejaculation – this is a clinical condition in which sperms are not ejaculated in a forward direction and actually refluxes into the bladder.
- Hypospadias – is a structural abnormality of the penile shaft and can result in an opening of the underside.
- Asthenospermia – this is a condition where the movement of the sperms is hampered and this results in poor motility.
- Azoospermia – is a complete absence of sperms.
- Oligoasthenospermia – this refers to a condition where the sperm count is low coupled with poor mobility of the sperms.
- Teratospermia – is mentioned when the shape of the sperms is abnormal.
- Impotence, also called Erectile dysfunction – is a condition where an individual is unable to maintain an erection.
Some of the treatment options that exist for males are:
- Percoll – is a process in which sperms are centrifuged or washed to enable separation from debris and dead or immature sperm
- Testicularlepididymal sperm aspiration- is a surgical procedure where the testicle or epididymis is biopsied for the purposes of obtaining sperm for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.
- Eto-ejaculation – this is a process of electrical stimulation of nerves that control ejaculation and this is used to obtain semen from men with spinal cord injuries.
- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection is a process of injecting sperm into oocyte with micromanipulation technique.
My apologies again for the many jargons used here. You can view this blog as a kind of a vocabulary page and refer back to this often, when needed.
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