Post Date December, 03 2023
Infertility is a nightmare for every family, and in many cases, women are considered the main cause of infertility. However, in addition, the issue of male infertility also exists, as many men are unable to conceive due to physiological and external reasons. Next, let's learn about the causes of male infertility together?
Male infertility, according to the World Health Organization's standard of 1 year, refers to a history of non contraceptive sexual activity for at least 12 months without causing the female partner to conceive. Primary male infertility refers to a condition in which a man never conceives a woman. Secondary male infertility refers to a man who has previously caused a woman to conceive. Generally speaking, men with secondary infertility are more likely to regain fertility than those with primary infertility.
Currently, infertility has become a common condition. The normal value of sperm has decreased from over 60 million per milliliter to over 20 million per milliliter, which is considered normal.
The causes of male infertility are very complex, mainly in the following aspects:
Genital infection
After male reproductive organs are infected with pathogenic bacteria, the presence of inflammation can affect the normal secretion of the gonads and decrease spermatogenic function, and cause changes in the morphology, vitality, and survival period of sperm, leading to loss of fertilization ability and infertility. The vast majority of patients will experience symptoms such as acute orchitis, epididymitis, prostatitis, urethritis, and abnormal reproductive organ structure. In severe cases, it can cause stenosis or even obstruction of the vas deferens and epididymis, resulting in sperm not being able to pass smoothly and enter the female body to combine with the egg.
Varicocele
It refers to the expansion of the racemose venous plexus of the spermatic cord, which can hinder blood flow to the testicles, increase temperature, disrupt metabolism, and prevent timely discharge of harmful substances, resulting in testicular spermatogenesis disorders, oligospermia, sperm malformations, and decreased vitality, leading to infertility.
Abnormal immune function
Men develop anti sperm autoimmunity. The semen of the human body contains various antigens. If one suffers from urethritis, prostatitis, epididymitis, orchitis, etc., and the blood-testis barrier is disrupted, an immune response will occur, producing anti-sperm antibodies. Anti sperm antibodies can inactivate sperm, causing oligospermia and azoospermia, and preventing sperm egg binding.
The above introduction is about the causes of male infertility, which is a hidden problem for many men nowadays. For a family, children are the hope. After understanding the causes of male infertility, men should promptly eliminate the problem and hope that every family can have an angel.
