When we think of infertility we usually think is the woman’s fault but a third of all the cases, it turns out to be a male exclusive problem. Infertility in a man may be the problem or may be adding difficulties to a couple to conceive a child.
This is why men should get tested for infertility as women do. It is also important to get checked a soon as possible in life, you shouldn’t put it off for the fear of feeling embarrassed for the result, instead look at it as a way to beat the odds so you can reach your goal of conceiving a child.
The top causes of male infertility are having a low sperm count, low sperm movement, abnormal shape or size of sperm and general problems with semen. With this last there are many factors that can come in play such as lifestyle, genetics, physiology that may also explain the slow sperm movement, slow sperm count and abnormal sperm shape, and so on.
Although with modern medicine treatments for some cases of male infertility exist there are a few things urologist recommend you could do on your own before you consider going under a more serious treatment.
– Stop smoking, cigarettes and marijuana. It’s has been determined that tobacco leads to sluggish and low sperm count. Marijuana in a long term use may lead sperm to develop an abnormal shape or size.
– Drinking large quantities of alcohol will reduce the quantity of sperm that is produced to successfully get a woman pregnant.
– Both being overweight and underweight can become a problem. Overweight will create a hormonal imbalance and underweight can decrease sperm movement and functionality.
– Exercise is good but the excess of it lowers your sperm count indirectly while lowering the testosterone amount in your body. Also stay off steroids, they will cause testicular shrinkage.
– Don’t underestimate your vitamins. Low levels of zinc and vitamin c will make your sperm to clump together. In the other hand vitamin E can also affect the quality of your sperm.
– Be careful of toxins such as insecticides, pesticides, lead, radiation or heavy metals, with long exposure they all bring the risk of infertility.
– Heat may cause a temporary effect, the high temperatures in the testicular area reduce the production of sperm. This may come from clothing that is to tight and retains too much heat, long exposures to saunas or hot baths and too frequent bike riding are examples of that.
Either way you should consider a visit to your urologist Manhattan for a quick check up, he will give you more information accordingly to your situation.
