Patient's question:
We have been married for three years and haven't had any children yet. We got checked at a hospital in our city and found out that my husband has azoospermia. He has had a circumcision and a varicocele surgery. We are wondering if it can be treated.Doctor's answer:
Azoospermia refers to the absence of sperm found in multiple semen analyses (usually more than three). It is one of the causes of male infertility. When necessary, tests such as testicular biopsy, seminal tract imaging, and endocrine hormone radioimmunoassay may be performed to help differentiate between obstructive azoospermia and congenital azoospermia. Azoospermia is often caused by congenital deficiencies, weak constitutional foundation, kidney essence depletion, and declining life fire; or by postnatal imbalances, excessive deficiency, spleen dysfunction leading to impaired transportation, and insufficient essence and blood; by chronic damp-heat, blood stasis, and obstruction of the seminal tract; or by prior mumps infection, where Shaoyang pathogenic toxins flow downward to the Jueyin, leaving lingering toxins that hinder sperm production.Normal female friends can only release one egg per month. If this single egg is extracted for IVF treatment, it is difficult to guarantee that it will form an embryo. Even if a high-quality embryo is successfully formed and transplanted, if pregnancy does not occur, another egg retrieval cycle must be repeated, increasing the burden on the female's body and significantly extending the treatment duration and cost.