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Male infertility can wholly or partially account for 40% of infertility among couples who are trying to have children. [2] It affects approximately 7% of all men. [3] Male infertility is commonly due to deficiencies in the semen, and semen quality is used as a surrogate measure of male fecundity. [4]
Sociologists studying male infertility have found that awareness has shifted societal attitudes on fertility and gender more toward men. [29] Believers that male infertility has reached crisis proportions say that more must be done to remediate potential causes of male infertility, such as lifestyle factors and exposure to toxic environmental ...
There are multiple causes for male infertility including endocrine disorders (usually due to hypogonadism) at an estimated 2% to 5%, sperm transport disorders at 5%, primary testicular defects (which includes abnormal sperm parameters without any identifiable cause) at 65% to 80% and idiopathic (where an infertile male has normal sperm and ...
"The most common thing that causes infertility in men is a condition that's called varicose veins in the scrotum," Goldstein says. That was the issue for Joshua Kaiser of Texas.
Most guys wouldn’t say “lasting too long” belongs on that list of intimacy problems, but if you’ve had trouble finishing or can’t climax these days, you’re probably wondering why.
According to a 1969 study, there is a decrease in sperm concentration as men age. The study reported that 90% of seminiferous tubules in men in their 20s and 30s contained spermatids, whereas men in their 40s and 50s had spermatids in 50% of their seminiferous tubules. In the study, only 10% of seminiferous tubules from men aged > 80 years ...
However, despite these compensations, some activities should not be performed too often, to prevent infertility due to heat: sauna sessions; bathing for a long time in hot water; Long-time tanning bed sessions; Placement of a laptop computer over the groin for extended use; Fever raises the body temperature, which can affect sperm quality.
More worrying, the decline seems to be speeding up—by the calculations of one male fertility founder, sperm counts have fallen by 50% to 60% over the last four decades.