MALE INFERTILITY
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- Created on: 06-02-18 11:55
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- MALE INFERTILITY
- Physical abnormalities of the male reproductive tract, such as obstruction or impaired sperm production
- Abnormalities of the sperm themselves
- DEFECTIVE SPERM PRODUCTION
- May be associated with infections, surgery or excessive drinking
- Certain drugs, radiation or radiotherapy can also affect the production of sperm
- AZOOSPERMIA
- The absence of sperm in the ejaculate
- Obstruction of the vas deferens
- The vas deferens being missing
- A hormonal problem stopping sperm from being produced
- The absence of sperm in the ejaculate
- ANTIBODIES
- May attach to sperm and impair their mobility and their ability to penetrate and fertilise an egg
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