Patient's question:
Doctor, hello. I have been married for several years and have not had any children. Later, after checking at the hospital, I found out that my sperm motility is low, which has led to my wife's infertility. Could you please tell me if there are any good methods to improve sperm motility? What should I do if my sperm motility is low? How high does sperm motility need to be to be considered normal?Doctor's answer:
Sperm vitality rate of 80% is beneficial for fertility. Necrospermia refers to a condition where multiple semen analyses show no abnormal sperm morphology and normal density, but the majority of sperm are dead. Under normal circumstances, more than 70% of viable sperm should remain in the semen within 1 hour of ejaculation. If dead sperm exceed 40%, it affects fertility. The causes of necrospermia include: inflammation of the sexual reproductive organs, which can cause congestion, edema, blood stasis, ischemia, and hypoxia, leading to sperm death. In chronic prostatitis, reduced fructose secretion can cause sperm death. In conditions like orchitis, epididymitis, and prostatitis, especially chronic prostatitis, secretion is impaired, and trace element zinc levels decrease, affecting sperm metabolism and leading to death. It is recommended that you visit a hospital for diagnosis to identify the underlying cause, so that targeted treatment can be administered.