INFERTILITY: Male

INFERTILITY: Male Infertility Failure to conceive following > 1 year of unprotected sexual intercourse Vasectomy Cystic fibrosis gene mutation Post-infectious obstruction Ejaculatory duct cysts (e.g. prostate) Kartagener syndrome Kallmann syndrome Suppression of gonadotropins (e.g. hyperprolactinemia, hypothyroidism, drugs, tumor, infection, trauma) Anabolic steroids Genetic abnormality (e.g. Klinefelter's) Cryptorchidism Varicocele Mumps orchitis Radiation, Infection, drugs, trauma, torsionSperm Transport Sperm Motility Abnormal semen analysis Sperm Production(Non-obstructive azoospermia)Low testosteroneSexual Dysfunction Unexplained (15%) Male (35%) Female (50%) Pre-Testicular(Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism)Low FSH/LH Testicular(Sperm production problem) High FSH/LH See Sexual Dysfunction Scheme Antibodies from infection