Patient's question:
I previously had a girlfriend, but later she broke up with me and started a relationship with someone else, and she got pregnant immediately. I'm worried that I might have male infertility, and I feel like the sky is falling. Could you please tell me: What are the general causes of male infertility?Doctor's answer:
Infertility in men can be caused by factors such as azoospermia, oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, teratozoospermia, and varicocele. The specific causes of male infertility include:1. Chromosomal abnormalities: Common conditions include male pseudohermaphroditism, Klinefelter syndrome, and XYY syndrome.
2. Endocrine disorders: Common conditions include hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, adrenal hyperplasia, and hyperprolactinemia, which are also causes of male infertility.
3. Genital tract infections: In recent years, with the decline in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, the rates and severity of genital tract infections such as prostatitis, epididymitis, orchitis, and urethritis have increased.
4. Immunological infertility: Autoimmune sperm antibodies produced by men and autoimmune homologous sperm antibodies produced by women are both causes of male infertility.
5. Obstruction of the spermatic ducts: This affects sperm.