A man in his mid forties has male factor infertility. His semen has problems of lower concentration, motility and morphology.
Prior to our treatment, two of his semen tests showed,
Volume=3.5ml, concentration=7.7M, motility=NA and morphology=NA
Volume=4ml, concentration=11.4M, motility=22% and morphology=1%
After three months of acupuncture and herbal support, his semen’s analysis was all went well:
SEMEN VOLUME 2.0 mL Standard range >=1.5 mL
SPERM CONCENTRATION 35.1 x10*6/mL Standard range >=15.0 x10*6/mL
SPERM, TOTAL MOTILE % (PROGRESSIVE+NONPROGRESSIVE) 51.0 % Standard range >=40.0 %
SPERM, PROGRESSIVE % 40.0 % Standard range >=32.0 %
SPERMATOZOA, NONPROGRESSIVE % 11
SPERMATOZOA, IMMOTILE %49.0 %
SPERMATOZOA, NORMAL % value 8.0 % Standard range >=4.0 %
Even though those testing parameters are just partially to evaluate male factor infertility, they are partially representing the male semen reserve. Most of doctors or patients pay much of their attentions to female ovarian reserve and use it as major factor to go IUI/IVF. However, the male factor infertility shall be as equal importance to consider as the final success of embryo growth and implantation depends on qualities of egg and sperm. IUI/IVF ICSI cannot improve ovarian reserve, nor does it can improve semen overall quality. In the end, the quality of ovarian and sperm reserve depend not just medication, but mostly on the nutrition diet, mental state, and life style.
For patients with male factor infertility, instead of repeated rounds of costly IUI/IVF hormone ICSI, retrieval, fertilization, PGS screening, failed and tried again, it might be cost effective to take several months of combined acupuncture and herbal support to improve sperm reserve. Once the sperm quality improved, then we can have options of natural ttc or IUI/IVF.
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