OLIGOSPERMIA: WHAT IS THE CONSIDERABLE SPERM COUNT FOR CONCEPTION?

Oligospermia Meaning: What does this term indicate?

Oligospermia means the presence of a lower than a normal number of spermatozoa, fixed at about 20 million per ml of ejaculated semen. Depending on the number of spermatozoa detected, three different stages of the disease are defined:

• Mild oligozoospermia: concentration of sperm in the ejaculated semen between 20 and 10 million.
• Moderate oligozoospermia: concentration of sperm in the ejaculated semen between 10 and 5 million.
• Severe oligozoospermia: concentration of sperm in the ejaculated semen of less than 5 million.

Oligospermia Causes-

Oligospermia causes include-

The causes of oligospermia are manifold: from inflammation of the gonads to the use of drugs, alcohol, and barbiturates, from exposure to toxic substances to varicocele to hormonal decompensation. Depending on the origin of the problem, different therapeutic schemes can be chosen. The treatments for this type of pathology vary according to the causes that originated it. The varicocele, for example, may eventually be resolved by surgery, hormonal decompensation will be treated by hormonal therapy. In all cases, however, for a correct diagnosis and treatment, it is necessary to contact a doctor experienced in male infertility.

Oligospermia Symptoms: 

Oligospermia symptoms include-

Oligospermia does not produce obvious physical symptoms; nevertheless, it is often associated with a certain symptomatic picture - which varies from patient to patient - as its presence depends, in many circumstances, on typically symptomatic diseases or health conditions (e.g. in men with a varicocele, possible oligospermia could accompany a dull pain in the testicle, a swollen testicle condition and/or discomfort in the groin area, etc.).

Oligospermia Treatment-

Oligospermia Treatment includes-

Diagnosing oligospermia requires performing an examination known as a spermogram.

The spermogram is a laboratory investigation, including a first part of the test, which allows observing a series of important characteristics of a sperm sample, with the main purpose of establishing the degree of fertility of the man "owner" of the above semen sample.

The characteristics of the sperm, observed by spermogram, include:

• Sperm viscosity,

• The liquefaction of the sperm,

• Sperm volume,

• The number and morphology of spermatozoa 

• The vitality and motility of spermatozoa.

Once the presence of oligospermia has been ascertained, the next step is to find the causes responsible for the low concentration of sperm in the ejaculate; this research may require the execution of various diagnostic tests, including instrumental tests.

When oligospermia persists, but also the desire for paternity persists: IVF with ICSI

For some time now, men are eager to have children but unable to have them because they suffer from oligospermia (or other sperm abnormalities) but they can count on a particular technique of ART that is in vitro fertilization with ICSI, known as an intracytoplasmic injection.

Without going into too much detail, ICSI provides for the specific collection, from a sample of ejaculate, of healthy spermatozoa (therefore well-formed, mobile, etc.), the selection of one of these and its inoculation, in vitro, into a cell egg.

Currently, ICSI is one of the most effective unconventional in vitro fertilization techniques that can be used by men with problems of oligospermia, asthenozoospermia, etc. who are eager for paternity.

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