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Infertility treatment for males in Delhi
Male infertility is as common as female infertility, and now, with the help of several drugs and high tech advanced procedures, the infertility issues can be treated.
A variety of factors can cause infertility in males, such as physical problems, hormonal imbalance, to psychological problems. Males who lead a healthy lifestyle produce a healthy sperm, as the sperm production is regulated by diet and lifestyle choices of an individual. The following are the list of factors and some lifestyle choices that can cause male infertility.
Lifestyle choices that cause infertility in males
- Stress
- Malnutrition
- Anemia
- Wearing tight underwear (cause scrotal damage)
- Testosterone deficiency
- Alcohol abuse
- Excessive tobacco intake
- Steroid use
- Deficiency of vitamin and zinc in the diet
- Exposure to toxic and radioactive substances
- Testicular damage (testicles are not able to produce sperm)
Hormonal disorders that can cause infertility in males
- Elevated prolactin or Hyperprolactinemia
- Low thyroid hormone levels or Hypothyroidism causes poor testicular function and poor semen quality
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Panhypopituitarism
Physical Problems that cause infertility in males
- Varicocele (enlargement of internal spermatic veins)
- Infection and disease like brucellosis, gonorrhea, smallpox
- Klinefelter’s Syndrome (additional X chromosome)
- Retrograde Ejaculation
Psychological or Behavioural Problems that cause infertility in males
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- Ejaculatory Incompetence
- Inability to control the ejaculatory response
Symptoms of infertility in males
- Pain and swelling in testicles
- Blood in semen
- Painful ejaculation
- Prominent veins in testicles
- Problems getting erection
- Weight gain
- Less facial hair
- Sudden mood changes
- Libido
- Cloudy urine after sex
Diagnosis of infertility in males
- Medical history
- Lifestyle
- Semen test
- Urine sample- checks retrograde ejaculation.
- Ultrasound scan of the testis
- Tests for genetic conditions
Consult today with an infertility treatment expert Dr. Sowjanya Aggarwal, an expert male Infertility treatment doctor in Delhi/NCR.