European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A REVIEW ON MALE INFERTILITY

B. Akila*, K. Manickavasakam and T. Kavitha

ABSTRACT

The first blessing given by the Lord to the mankind is “Be fruitful and increase in number” Infertility signifies a severe emotional and common problem in the social order where importance is emotionally involved to have offspring. Infertility is viewed as „male factor‟ when an alteration in sperm concentration and/or motility and/or morphology is present in at least one sample of two sperm analyses, collected between one to four weeks apart. Recently male infertility has been a focus of interest because of decline in the semen quality amongst young healthy men in worldwide; extensive public awareness and psychological health. The causes includes disarray in the control mechanism which includes pre-testicular; testicular and post-testicular factors. This review article states the anatomy/physiology of the male reproductive organ, aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, laboratory tests, treatment and preventive measures of male infertility.

Keywords: Male Infertility, Sperm Concentration, Motility, Morphology, Semen Quality, Testicular.