Infertility causes in the man
The main causes of infertilityDifficulty for a man or a woman to procreate as a result of a functional disorder or an organic lesion of the reproductive system, generally acknowledged after one year of regular, unprotected sexual relations. in men are a reduced spermEjaculated spermatozoa and secretions during the male orgasm. production, a mechanical obstruction of the vas deferens or endocrine problems (hypogonadism). The problem may have originated during fetal development and be present already at birth (congenital) or may develop later during the life of the individual (acquired). The causes which can lead to infertilityDifficulty for a man or a woman to procreate as a result of a functional disorder or an organic lesion of the reproductive system, generally acknowledged after one year of regular, unprotected sexual relations. in men are numerous. These include:
- Chemotherapy
- Defect or obstruction of the reproductive system (cryptorchidism, absence of the vas deferens)
- Genetic disorder (Klinefelter, translocation, Y microdeletions, CFTR mutation)
- Diseases (orchitis of the adult, sexually transmitted infections, fever)
- Hormonal dysfunction (congenital or acquired)
- Accident (injury to the testiclesMale genitalia located in the scrotum. They secrete the male hormone testosterone and produce the male reproductive cells, the spermatozoa.)
- Drugs (against hypertension, osteoarthritis, anabolic)
- Metabolic disorders (hemochromatosis)
- Retrograde ejaculation
- Testicular cancer
- VaricoceleVaricose veins at the level of the testes.
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