Male infertility is a problem with your reproductive system that prevents you from impregnating a woman. It is a common issue affecting about ten percent of all males in the United States. Male infertility can result from many factors, including sperm issues, genetic diseases, varicoceles, cancer treatments, and certain medical conditions. Unhealthy habits, hormonal disorders, and some medications can also lead to male infertility. Most cases of male infertility are treatable. The treatment your South Asian Fertility Mountain View specialist uses depends on the underlying cause. Here are the various treatments for male infertility.
Medications
If certain hormones are causing your infertility, your doctor can recommend hormonal medications. Medicines can also help improve fertility if you have erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation. Drugs can also cure reproductive infections causing infertility.
Lifestyle changes
Certain lifestyle habits like tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption can lead to infertility. If infertility results from being overweight or obese, your doctor can recommend you lose weight to help treat your condition.
Surgery
There are various surgeries that help treat infertility, which include:
Vasectomy reversal
Vasectomy is an outpatient surgical procedure. It involves your surgeon reconnecting your vas deferens, the tube in your scrotum that your sperm passes through. The surgeon uses a high-power surgical microscope to carefully sew the vas deferens ends carefully back together.
Vasoepididymostomy
Vasoepididymostomy repairs blocked vas deferens. It involves your surgeon surgically splitting your vas deferens, removing the blockage, and reconnecting the ends of the tube. After a vasectomy, an additional blockage can form in the epididymis, the coiled tube that lies against your testicle where cells mature. Epididymis blockage can also result from an infection or injury. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection involves your specialist physically injecting a single healthy sperm into an egg. The specialist fertilizes the sperm and egg in the lab and then places the formed embryo inside your partner’s uterus several days later. This technique can treat severe male infertility. Studies show that about ninety percent of all Intracytoplasmic sperm injection cases are successful.
Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
Intrauterine insemination involves your doctor collecting a sample of your semen and treating it in the lab to eliminate chemicals interfering with fertilization. The provider injects the treated sperm into your partner’s uterus during ovulation. Doctors often use IUI if you have a low sperm count, limited sperm motility, or ejaculation issues.
In vitro fertilization
In vitro fertilization is an assisted reproductive technology. It involves your specialist stimulating your partner’s ovaries with fertility medications to promote multiple eggs to mature. The provider then collects the eggs when they are ready through a minor procedure and injects a single sperm into each mature egg through ICSI. After fertilization, your provider monitors the embryo for about three to five days and then transfers it to your partner’s womb.
Male infertility is a problem with your reproductive system that prevents you from impregnating a woman. Most male infertility cases are treatable through medications, surgery, intrauterine insemination, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or in vitro fertilization. Schedule an appointment at NOVA IVF for male infertility treatment to fulfill your dream of having kids.
