What is Male Infertility?
Male infertility affects a man’s ability to make his wife pregnant. Male infertility can affect 7% of total men. These infertility issues are underlying conditions that are related to the reproductive organs of a man. The major causes of male infertility are related to some deficiencies in semen and its quality.
Infertility in men is caused when there is some issue with the sperm’s production, function and any blockages in the reproductive system.
The main symptom of male infertility is an inability to make the female partner conceive. There are no other obvious symptoms of male infertility.
Also, if there is an underlying health condition that affects fertility, one can see certain symptoms. These symptoms include:
- Ejaculation issues
- A small volume of semen
- Reduced sexual desire
- Issues with maintaining an erection
- Inability to smell
- Swelling, pain or lump in the testicle area
- Low sperm count
- Decreases hair growth
- Physical examination of male including scrotal scan
- Sperm function tests
- Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index Test
- Genetic testing: Karyotyping & chromosomal abnormality in sperm
- Acrosome Intact test
- Zona Binding Assay