Do you know 50% of infertility is due to Male factor?

Infertility affects an estimated 15% of couples globally, amounting to 48.5 million couples. Males are found to be solely responsible for 20-30% of infertility cases and contribute to 50% of cases overall.

Women often bear the blame for not bearing a child and male fertility issues are ignored. Fertility issues are rampant in cities where people are leading stressful lives.

Inadequate nutrition coupled with consumption of alcohol in excess, smoking, low fitness can all lead to decrease in the fertility level in men.

There are multiple causes for male infertility, which can be broadly classified due to their general underlying etiology. 

These include endocrine disorders (usually due to hypogonadism) at an estimated 2% to 5%, sperm transport disorders (such as vasectomy) at 5%, primary testicular defects (which include abnormal sperm parameters without any identifiable cause) at 65% to 80% and idiopathic (where an infertile male has normal sperm and semen parameters) at 10% to 20%

Speaking about the issue Dr. Suparna Bhattacharya, Fertility Consultant, Nova IVF Fertility Kolkata, said “Male infertility is something that is rarely discussed. There must be awareness created among the men; that they too may be responsible for the problems caused in conception.

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It is estimated that at least 50% of the instances of infertility are due to the male factor, if not more. There is a trend is seen across where the sperm count is constantly decreasing in many men”

The doctor gave insights on the causes for male infertility saying “Other than lifestyle causes like smoking, drinking, and abuse of drugs etc., exposure to high temperature is also a cause that can lead to male infertility.

If the environmental condition, for example, their workplace has high temperature, it can cause the decrease in the sperm count.

The causes can be divided into three types. Pre testicular- where the hormonal regulation of the testicle is affected, the second type is Testicular, where the normal sperm production is affected due to defect in the development of the testes, the third is Post testicular, where despite sperm production, the sperm is unable to travel due to defects in the genital tract and there are problems in ejaculation.

Once we determine the cause, we can give appropriate treatment to the patient. Male infertility is a prevalent but curable factor that exists in the current day and age. One should accept, and seek medical help rather than shy away from this common matter.”

Recalling one of our cases of male infertility issue

 “A very young couple was facing difficulty in conceiving. The wife was just 20 years old and the husband was 24.

Post conducting tests on the wife we got sure that she had no fertility issues. Based on this, we took detailed medical history of the husband, conducted hormonal tests, physical examination, and genetic tests as well which all came out to be normal.

However, as it turned out, he had a condition called Azoospermia which means complete lack of sperm in the semen and that is why they were having trouble in conceiving.”

“In cases like these, where the man is young and has Azoospermia, we suggest a herbal solution

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After 3 months the wife got pregnant and we took another sample of the young man’s sperm and the result came out very good this herbal mix gave the young couple a chance at parenthood”

Male infertility is a growing concern. According to studies conducted the average sperm parameter, which happened to be 60 million previously, has now reduced to 20 million.

Research also shows that with every degree rise in temperature to the testes, the sperm production decreases and with growing global warming issues, male fertility has become a matter of major anxiety.