Low Sperm count and Motility
Low Sperm count and Motility (Male infertility)
Men with low sperm count and low motility can conceive with the help pf ICSI. This is a treatment designed to treat male infertility problems. To know more about these treatments or have a free consultation call on 8080943943.
Signs of healthy sperms:
- Semen volume (ml) 1.5
- Total sperm number (million per ejaculate) 39
- Sperm concentration (million per ml) 15
- Progressive motility (%) 32
- Sperm morphology (normal %) 4
- Vitality (live sperm, %) 58
What is low sperm count ?
If the semen sample has less than 15million sperms per millilitre of semen it is categorised as low sperm count. This is generally seen in the semen analysis test. Men with low sperm count will generally face difficulty in conceiving. This is called male factor infertility and is quite common in infertility patients 1 of 3 couple will face such infertility problems.
There are a lot of treatments available to increase the sperm count and to help you become a dad.
Why is there low sperm count?
- Hormonal imbalance
- Genetic problem
- Injury to the testes
- Structural problems (Tubes that carry the semen are damaged or blocked)
- Genital infections
- Varicocele (large veins in the testes)
- Testicular torsion
- Surgery of the testes or hernia repair
- Use of steroids, testosterone, cancer medication ,anti-depressants etc.
- Being overweight
- High exposure to heat
How can men with low sperm count conceive?
There are various treatments available to increase sperm count.
- Giving medications like antioxidants and fertility enhancing medicines.
- Lifestyle management if the reason is weight
- Gonadotrophin’s injections.
- IVF/ICSI these are treatments for conception of people with low sperm count and motility. You can read more about it on our treatments page.Read
What is low sperm motility, and can we conceive with less motility?
If the progressive motility of sperms in semen analysis is less than 30% , this falls into low motility. There are medicines to increase the sperm motility. If they don’t help then ICSI (intra cytoplasmic sperm injection) is the treatment of choice. With this treatment the couple will conceive within one month.
What are the reasons for low sperm motility?
- A genetic cause
- An undiagnosed medical condition
- Smoking
- Work induced infertility — particularly jobs which involve repeated trauma to the pelvic area.
- Health conditions such as varicocele (when veins in the scrotum become enlarged).
- Disorder in the male accessory sex gland secretion, leading to glands emptying more slowly.
