Whom to Blame For Infertility: Semen Analysis of Men from 70 Infertile Couples
Received Date: Nov 08, 2018 / Accepted Date: Nov 12, 2018 / Published Date: Nov 20, 2018
Abstract
Background: Fertility has been one of men admire commendation since the beginning of recorded history and remains a driving need for young couples now days. Infertility is important cause of frustration, despair, and helplessness with debilitating consequences. As per the WHO estimates 60–80 million couples worldwide currently suffer from infertility. In developing countries frequently women are accused of infertility.
Purpose: Aim of this study is to describe semen analysis of men from infertile couples to highlight the male factor as important cause of infertility.
Methods and Material: This is a retrospective observational study. We analysed semen samples from men among infertile couple’s male patients with in 2015 at a hospital in Northern India.
Results: Mean age was 28.9 year. Age range was from 20 year to 45 year of study group. Among 70 infertile couples, primary infertility was more prevalent (59.1%) than secondary infertility (30.1%). Out of 70 patients 50 (71.5%) male were having abnormal semen quality on semen analysis suggesting male factor for infertility. In remaining 20 (28.5%) infertile couples female might have responsible for infertility.
Conclusions: Male infertility is major reason, 71.5% in current study, among infertile couples; therefore, women should not be accused for infertility.
Keywords: Infertility; Semen; Analysis
Citation: Khairwa A, Kumar D (2018) Whom to Blame For Infertility: Semen Analysis of Men from 70 Infertile Couples. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 8: 361 Doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000361
Copyright: © 2018 Khairwa A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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