Asthenopermia, or asthenozoospermia, is the term used when the percentage of mobile sperm is lower than average. Complete asthenozoospermia, meaning that all sperm cells in a sample are not moving, occurs in about 1 in 5000 men.
Asthenozoospermia results in infertility, as the sperm are unable to swim and reach the egg. This can be overcome using IVF-ICSI techniques.
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is a method of artificial insemination very similar to IVF. For ICSI, sperm and eggs are collected from both partners and
The post-coital test (PCT) is an analysis sometimes performed following intercourse to determine if the sperm cells are able to successfully swim through the woman’s
While the beneficial nature of melatonin, an endogenous anti-oxidant, has been known for decades, the investigation into the role of melatonin in fertility treatments, in
The male reproductive system is dependant on chemicals known as hormones, created by a system beginning in the brain’s hypothalamus. The hypothalamus acts as the
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