Common Causes of Male Infertility

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9 posts on this thread and the last post was on February 24th, 2011 5:28 PM by cuttys

cris - February 23rd, 2011 5:11 PM

any ideas? i am thinking that my husband has fertility problem ...

Monic - February 23rd, 2011 5:16 PM

Low Sperm Count... one major cause!

Steph - February 23rd, 2011 5:21 PM

anybody know the normal range of sperm count?

Simple84 - February 23rd, 2011 5:25 PM

The normal range of sperm count is between 35 and 200 million sperm per milliliter of semen. An infertile man may have none to lower than the average number. There are no visible symptoms for this problem and most affected men will not know about it until tests have been carried out.

Betsky - February 23rd, 2011 5:39 PM

Abnormal Sperm!
Some men have sperm that are not properly formed. The abnormally shaped sperm causes difficulty to fertilize an egg. Another type of abnormal sperm are sperm with low mobility. That means the sperm cannot travel fast or agile enough to reach the egg.

Burei - February 24th, 2011 4:44 PM

Some men are infertile because of failure to ejaculate. During intercourse, these men suffer from retrograde ejaculation, where the semen is ejaculated backwards into the bladder instead of the vagina. Without sperm, egg fertilization and implantation cannot take place.

Hearty - February 24th, 2011 4:50 PM

Exposing the testes to high temperatures can affect the ability of the sperm to move and fertilize an egg. For instance, men with cryptorchism have testicles that do not descent into the scrotum. That means the testes are still inside the body cavity, which has a higher temperature than the external scrotum.

Edaeb - February 24th, 2011 5:06 PM

Men who wear tight underwear and pants also expose their testes to high temperatures. Another condition that raises the temperature in the testes is varicocele, or enlarged veins, in the scrotum.

Bea_me - February 24th, 2011 5:17 PM

Blocked sperm ducts are also to blame for male infertility. A small number of men have vas deferens or sperm ducts that are blocked or damaged. This prevents the sperm from reaching the partner’s egg. Blocked sperm ducts can be a result of an infection such as mumps, injury to the testicles, congenital defects or a vasectomy.

cuttys - February 24th, 2011 5:28 PM

Some men become infertile for a number of reasons. Low sperm count, abnormal sperm, failure to ejaculate, exposing the testes to high temperatures and blocked sperm ducts have been identified as the common causes of male infertility.