It’s common for couples who have been trying to conceive without success to immediately think the reason for infertility stems from the female.  Before you jump to any conclusions and before you’ve gone through testing and received treatment recommendations from a board qualified reproductive endocrinologist consider the following:

According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, one-third of infertility cases are female factor infertility, one-third are male factor, and the remaining third involve problems on both sides, or unexplained causes.

A few common causes of male infertility:

• Sperm Motility
• Low Sperm Count
• Certain Medications
• Infections
• Cigarette Smoking
• Recreational Drug Use
• Excessive Exercise
• Anabolic Steroids (male hormones)
• Excessive Alcohol Consumption
• Excessive Stress

Male infertility accounts for approximately 40% of the 2.3 million diagnosed infertility cases in the United States. For this reason, when a couple is experiencing difficulty in achieving pregnancy, a complete semen analysis is a relatively simple and inexpensive test that should be done in the beginning phase of testing.

The semen analysis may even be done without a consultation. Treatments for male infertility depend on the specific cause of the infertility and have included surgery, medical treatment and microscopic insemination techniques.

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