Sperm from a man's body unites with a woman's egg to create a totally unique and genetically irreplaceable human life. It's an amazing process.
Yet most men know very little about what contributes to reproductive health - or conversely, what undermines it. We seldom think about our fertility or the health of our sperm...except perhaps during sexual activity. Yet science tells us we should consider our fertility and be protective of it.
Indeed, there are things we can do to safeguard our reproductive health...and the well-being of our future children. It all starts with being more knowledgeable about our health in general, and about behavioral choices and environmental hazards that can adversely affect our reproductive well-being.
Infertility Isn't Just The "Woman's Problem" Anymore.
It used to be, and not so long ago, that if a couple was unable to conceive, the woman was the "infertile one."
Now it is generally recognized within medical circles that the problem lies with the man in 35% of cases (some say a couple's inability to conceive is due to male conditions 40% - 50% of the time).
This is an incredible statistic, when you consider that the average, healthy male releases somewhere between 120 million and 600 million sperm each time he ejaculates, and manufactures an estimated 400,000,000,000 sperm in his lifetime. It would appear that men have it made in the reproductive department, but this is not always the case, and sometimes things go haywire.
The most common reason for infertility in the male is the inability to produce adequate numbers of healthy sperm. Infertility in men may also be caused by problems delivering sperm into the vagina, as occurs in impotence or in disorders affecting ejaculation, including inhibited ejaculation and
retrograde ejaculation (when ejaculate is forced backward into the bladder). It may also be caused by failure of the testes to descend into the scrotum, by diseases or severe physical injuries which damage the sperm-producing structures, or by antibodies to the sperm found in either the male or the female.
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