Male Infertility Infertility & Sexual Dysfunction

Male Infertility

Male infertility is a man’s inability to cause pregnancy in a fertile female, commonly due to deficiency of sperm cells in the semen.

Sexual Dysfunction

Sexual dysfunction, also called erectile dysfunction, is an inability to maintain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse.

Erectile Dysfunction is the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for his or his partners sexual needs. Most men experience this at some point in their lives, usually by the age of 40, and are not psychologically affected by it. Erectile dysfunction is characterized by the regular or repeated inability to obtain or maintain an erection

Both conditions may be treatable through medication or hormone therapy.

Male infertility is due to low sperm production, abnormal sperm function or blockages that prevent the delivery of sperm. Illnesses, injuries, chronic health problems, lifestyle choices and other factors can play a role in causing male infertility.

Common Symptoms Of Male Infertility

The main sign of male infertility is the inability to conceive a child. There may be no other obvious signs or symptoms. In some cases, however, an underlying problem such as an inherited disorder, hormonal imbalance, dilated veins around the testicle, or a condition that blocks the passage of sperm causes signs and symptoms.

Pain, swelling or a lump in the testicle area

Recurrent respiratory infections

Inability to smell

Abnormal breast growth (gynecomastia)

Decreased facial or body hair or other signs of a chromosomal or hormonal abnormality

Having a lower than normal sperm count (fewer than 15 million sperm per milliliter of semen or a total sperm count of less than 39 million per ejaculate)

Common surgical procedure for Male Infertility

Micro Surgical Varicocelectomy: When abnormal semen parameter is because of testicular vein varicosities, this need ligation of testicular varicose vein. In microsurgical technique, ligation of venous channel in done under operating microscope thus reducing risk of post operative scrotal oedema and no risk of injury to testicular artery.

Testicular Biopsy: when sperm are nor seen in semen, then directly a small tissue is collected from testis by needle biopsy and the tissue is examined under a microscope to see either presence of sperm or to retrieve sperm for IVF.