Infertility Flashcards
No previous pregnancies occured
Primary infertility
Prior pregnancy although not necessarily a live birth has occurred
Secondary infertility
Probability of a pregnancy within a single menstrual cycle
Fecundability
Probability of achieving a live birth within a single cycle
Fecundity
Relative prevalence of the etiologies of infertility
Male factor - 25-40%
Both male and female factor - 10%
Female factor - 40-55%
Unexplained infertility - 10%
Getting sample in the endo cervical canal
Post coital test
Post coital test
To check if there is problem with cervical mucus and sperm
Male factor
Developmental defects
Undescended testis
Male factor
Infections
Mumps orchitis
Male factor
Medication
Exposure to diethylstilbestrol
Cause significant testicular atrophy
STI
Systemic febrile illness
Mumps
Chickenpox
Can cause retrograde ejaculation
Inguinal herniorhapy
Assess any gynecomastia or anosmia ( kallmanns syndrome with hypohonadotropic hypogonadism
Exclude klinefelters syndrome
Associated with diminished semen quality or fecundity
Caffeine
Alcohol
Smoking
It is likely to detect one out of ten men who have “true” semen abnormality
A sensitive test
An abnormal test result does not always mean there is a true semen abnormality
Has poor specificity
Basic semen analysis measures
Semen volume
Sperm concentration
Super motility
Sperm morphology
Semen analysis
Taken to the lab within
1-2 hours of collection
Semen analysis
The initial fraction contains the
Greatest sperm density
Semen analysis
Liquefaction occurs
15-20 minutes after ejaculation
Semen analysis
Sperm motility decline
2 hours after ejaculation
Semen analysis
If abnormal
Ulitin ulet para ma compare
Semen analysis
Must be done in
3 days abstinence
Semen analysis
Development from spermatogonia to mature sperm
75 days
Sperm volume
Normal value
1.5-5ml
Sperm volume
Low volume
Possibility of retrograde ejaculation
Sperm volume
High volume
Relatively long periods of abstinence or inflammation of the accessory glands
Sperm concentration/density
Cut off
60M/ml
Sperm concentration/density
Lower limit
20M/ml
Sperm concentration/density
How many motile sperm is needed to fertilize egg
500,000
Cut off sperm motility
50%
Reduction of sperm motility
Asthenozoospermia