Male Infertility

Follow the links below to find information on male infertility, including diagnosis and treatments.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Infertility treatments - male
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Some of the reproductive technologies available to infertile men include surgery to clear blockages or reverse a vasectomy, hormone therapy, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Infertility - male
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Male fertility problems include poor quality sperm, low sperm count or blockages in the tubes of the reproductive system. Treatment includes hormone therapy and assisted reproductive techniques (ART), such as artificial insemination.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Testosterone deficiency (primary hypogonadism and secondary/hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Male hypogonadism is a condition in which a man produces abnormally low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Male infertility
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   In Australia, it is estimated that male infertility affects about one man in 20, and is the underlying reason for 40% of infertile couples using assisted reproduction.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Psychosocial issues
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Living with a reproductive health problem can often affect men psychologically as well as physically. Relationships can suffer, quality of life can be reduced and aspects of the social side of life can be affected.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Sexually transmitted infections and sperm production - how sexually transmitted infections affect sperm health
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have a range of negative health affects, including reduced male fertility. Avoiding STIs is therefore an important measure men can take to maximise their chances of conception.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Semen analysis - summary
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Semen analysis testing assesses a man's fertility through examinination of a sample of freshly retrieved semen under a microscope to determine volume and quality of the sperm.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Antioxidants for male subfertility
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Oxidative stress may cause sperm cell damage. This damage can be reduced by the body's own natural antioxidant defences. Antioxidants can be part of our diet and taken as a supplement. It is believed that in many cases of unexplained subfertility, and a...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Radiation and infertility
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Radiation treatment for testicular or other cancers near the testes can damage the testis, leaving permanent problems with sperm production.
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Anejaculation
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Anejaculation is when a man does not ejaculate after orgasm.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Male infertility
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Infertility is defined as the failure to achieve a pregnancy after one year of regular (at least twice weekly) unprotected intercourse with the same partner. Both partners should be checked for infertility. Male infertility is indicated when, after checking both partners, problems in reproductive function have been identified in the male partner.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Retrograde ejaculation
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   During normal ejaculation, semen is propelled forward through the urethra and out the tip of the penis. In men with retrograde ejaculation, the muscle at the opening of the bladder, which usually stops semen from entering the bladder during orgasm, does not close normally. This allows semen to flow back into the bladder.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Surgery or embolization for varicoceles in subfertile men
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence that treatment of varicoceles in men from couples with otherwise unexplained subfertility improves pregnancy rates Varicocele is a dilatation (enlargement) of the veins along the spermatic cord (the cord suspending the testis) in the scrotum...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Techniques for surgical retrieval of sperm prior to intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for azoospermia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It is not certain whether any particular surgical technique used to remove sperm for ICSI (sperm injection in vitro fertilisation or IVF) is better than another for the men involved or for leading to more pregnancies. Some men are infertile because they...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Male infertility - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out more about the causes of male infertility.
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Semen testing
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Semen testing (or semen analysis) is the laboratory testing of freshly ejaculated semen that usually has been produced by masturbation.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Absence of vas deferens and seminal vesicles
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Men born with this problem, known as congenital absence of the vas deferens (CAVD), are usually missing both their vas deferens and two thirds of their epididymis and these men are infertile.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Sperm antibodies
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Antibodies are proteins made in the body by the immune system to fight infection or disease. Sperm antibodies commonly are found in men after vasectomy and injury or infection in the epididymis.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Prostate obstructions and infertility
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Non-specific prostate infections may sometimes cause blockages along the reproductive tract.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   Pituitary problems and infertility
Publisher:   Andrology Australia
Description:   Reduction of the levels of some hormones can cause infertility.
Date:   Dec 2005

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