What all you should know about male infertility?

Male infertility is the issue in 20 percent of cases of infertile couples. So it’s important for your partner also to be involved in the process and to undergo testing, too. A semen analysis can tell doctors about sperm motility, shape, and concentration, all of which can play a role infertility. It is important to understand that men undergo fertility problems as well and have a biological clock too, like women. Their biological clock is definitely very different to that of women’s as they undergo deterioration in the fertility levels much later, around their 60s whereas women face it during their early 30s.

There are several contributing factors but it’s often difficult to get to the root of the problem. The Contributing causes for male infertility are:

• Problems in ejaculation result in the man being unable to produce semen for fertilization
• Any kind of infection and tumor in the male body also affects the health of the sperm
• The incapability to produce a healthy sperm for the fertilization to take place
• Unhealthy lifestyles that include augmented levels of stress, consumption of insufficient nutrition, habit of drinking and smoking, etc
• High exposures to heat like industrial heat, laptops, cycling and hot showers
• Hormonal imbalances and fluctuations in the body of the men
• Lack of proper sperm mobility in the body for it to get transferred into the female body
• Consumption of medicines that damage sperm production which eventually leads to infertility.

Today, major problem in developing countries like India is the growing MNC culture where both the partners are working with erratic working hours and hardly got any time to be together. And of course the work place stress as everybody knows heavily contributes to sub-fertility or infertility in a couple, leading to an inability to have relations during the fertile period.

Men who work in night shifts affected more as compared to men working in morning shifts with infertility as their biological clock is very badly disturbed. They sleep during the day and to keep themselves awake, they often smoke, which damages the system further. The stress at workplace and sitting for long hours at work stations is also found to reduce the sperm count.

Another important contributory factor to the growing problem of infertility is lifestyle changes, with most corporate couples leading a sedentary lifestyle, mostly working on computers and laptops.Obesity, due to unhealthy food habits, also leads to male or female sub-fertility.The growing incidence of alcohol and smoking especially in males has worsened fertility issues.

Tips to boost male fertility:

It is important that men also make lifestyle changes to avoid the above problems and enjoy healthy fertility levels.

• Increase the intake of Vitamin C which considerably enriches the sperm count and motility as it works on dipping the numbers of unevenly shaped sperm cells.
• Avoid smoking and take proper sleep and exercise regularly.
• Consuming healthy fats like Omega 3 fatty acids and dairy products helps in restrained quantities works effectively in the healthy development of the sperm membrane. Also, avoid going for unhealthy fats like comfort foods.
• Indulge in foods like walnuts, dark chocolates, garlic, broccoli, red peppers, bananas, turmeric, citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables and salmon. All of these foods actually help in boosting sperm health.
• Avoid indulging in industrial chemicals and compounds, the heat generated from laptops, avoid too much cycling and wearing tight fitted clothes.

But thanks to technology due to which we have found the treatment for infertility through IVF or IUI. If you are childless, you can choose the best IVF Center Shantah IVF Centre. We will try to live up to your expectations completely.