Patient's question:
Please ask, today for a semen check (half a small cup of wine yesterday noon), manual check sperm motility rate was 60%, general activity, instrument check sperm motility rate was 46.94%. I want to ask whether this result affects pregnancy? What should the sperm motility rate and sperm motility rate reach to be more likely to get pregnant?Doctor's answer:
Normal sperm motility should be greater than 60%. Your condition falls under asthenozoospermia, which makes it difficult to conceive. There are many causes for low sperm motility, and it is important to identify each one before treatment. Currently, infectious factors are relatively common. For example, inflammation in the epididymis, seminal vesicles, or prostate can lead to seminal plasma abnormalities, affecting pH, oxygen supply, nutrition, metabolism, and other factors that are unfavorable for sperm activity and survival, all of which can cause low sperm motility. These infections include ureaplasma urealyticum, chlamydia trachomatis, and mycoplasma genitalium, among others. Varicocele is also a common cause. Due to venous blood in the testicular area, leading to hypoxia, as well as elevated levels of prostaglandins and serotonin in the venous blood, sperm motility can be reduced. Deficiency of trace elements, especially zinc, can also affect sperm motility. If there is no obvious cause, this element should be tested. When testicular development is impaired, such as incomplete maturation or damage and thinning of the spermatogenic epithelium, sperm quality and motility will also be poor. Some men have very low semen volume, failing to meet normal requirements, leaving little room for sperm activity, which can also result in limited sperm motility. If anti-sperm antibodies are produced in the body, causing sperm agglutination or immobilization, this can lead to low sperm motility and infertility.