ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF MALE INFERTILITY (III)

Alternative approach to the treatment of male infertility or (low sperm count) III

Semen analysis is the basic laboratory test that helps in determining the level of male infertility. The abnormal features in this test, when it is first made known to the victim, often causes him a great embarrassment. He feels humiliated and inadequate. Sometimes the result of the analysis when badly presented to the patient often wreaks havoc on most couples’ harmonious and peaceful marital life – which need not be because abnormal semen analysis (low sperm count) may, in fact, indicate sub-fertility, but does not in any way imply a complete inability tofather children except, of course, when several repeated semen analyses gives a “zero” count.

Semen analysis and the interpretation of the results could be too technical and should indeed be left to the physicians. The main purpose of this article is to intimate readers with what could be considered “normal” in semen analysis and to possibly remove the unwarranted fear and anxiety that usually accompanies this test. The associated emotional upheaval is one of the major factors that makes treatment most difficult and sometimes prolonged.