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Male infertility

Male infertility: Introduction

Male infertility accounts for reportedly 30-40% of cases of infertility of couples. ...more »

Symptoms of Male infertility

• Endocrine dysfunction
• Sexual dysfunction
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Male infertility:

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  • Home Chlamydia Tests
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Male infertility?

• Misdiagnosis of Male infertility
• Failure to diagnose Male infertility
• Hidden causes of Male infertility (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Male infertility

Male infertility: Related Patient Stories

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Male infertility: Deaths

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Alternative Treatments for Male infertility

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Male infertility may include:

• Acupressure
• Chinese medicine
• Dietary change
• more treatments »

Types of Male infertility

• Azoospermia - lack of sperm
• Oligospermia - too few sperm
• more types...»

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Diagnostic Tests for Male infertility

• Semen analysis
• Post-coital cervix test
• Sperm migration tests
• See also tests for female infertility - to determine if the woman is affected.
• more tests...»

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Causes of Male infertility

• Sperm quality problems:
  • Low sperm count
  • Defective sperm production
  • Oligospermia - low sperm count
  • Azoospermia - lack of sperm
• more causes...»

See full list of 126 causes of Male infertility

More information about causes of Male infertility:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Male infertility (14 listings)
• Underlying causes of Male infertility
• Male infertility as a complication caused by other conditions
• Male infertility as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Male infertility

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Male infertility:

• Low sperm count
• Defective sperm production
• Oligospermia
• Azoospermia
• Blocked seminal ducts
• Seminal fluid disorders
• more related diseases...»

Male infertility: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Male infertility

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Male infertility: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Infertility Specialists:
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Baby & Newborn Health Specialists:
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Male infertility

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Male infertility:

• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Male infertility, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Male infertility: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Latest Treatments for Male infertility

• Avoid spas
• Avoid Saunas
• Clomiphene
• Metformin
• Bromocriptine
• more treatments...»

See full list of 10 latest treatments for Male infertility

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Male infertility

Medical research articles related to Male infertility include:

• Gonadotrophins for idiopathic male factor subfertility
• Is it acceptable to aspirate a clinical hydrocele, before any further investigation?
• Testicular Cancer
• Does citalopram affect sperm counts?
• Ovulation and Fertilisation (diagram)
• The Survival of Urology: Was Darwin Right?
• Effect of L-carnitine and/or L-acetyl-carnitine in nutrition treatment for male infertility: a systematic review
• more research...»

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Male infertility: Animations

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Research about Male infertility

Visit our research pages for current research about Male infertility treatments.

Clinical Trials for Male infertility

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Male infertility include:

• Menevit Study: Menevit Anti-Oxidant Therapy for the Treatment of Male Infertility - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Menevit anti-oxidant
• Expressive Writing in Male Infertility - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Effect of Environmental Exposures on the Egg Fertilizing Ability of Human Sperm - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Role of the Toxic Metal Cadmium in the Mechanism Producing Infertility With a Varicocele - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Genetic Causes of Male Infertility - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 10 Clinical Trials for Male infertility

Statistics for Male infertility

• Medical statistics for Male infertility
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Male infertility
• Death and Mortality statistics for Male infertility
• Society statistics for Male infertility

Male infertility: Broader Related Topics

• Male sexual conditions
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Infertility
• more types...»

Types of Male infertility

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Definitions of Male infertility:

Diminished or absent ability of the male to effect conception. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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