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 Submitted by Medical Health Test Team on May 21, 2010
Male Fertility Testing

The term fertility is used with respect to a person’s reproductive system. For humans, the normal process of reproduction involves sexual intercourse which, if successful, is followed by 9 months of pregnancy for the woman. A person is considered to have normal fertility if his or her reproductive function is normal. In the case of the female, the process of an egg maturing, being released and being passed through the fallopian tubes into the uterus refers to being fertile. For men, fertility means that they have a normal amount of semen being produced containing millions of sperm. For men, fertility also covers the health of these sperm, as sperm motility is important in the reproductive process.

Male fertility testing can be conducted at home or in a laboratory. Home fertility testing is limited to some basic parameters while laboratory testing is comprehensive, covering all the aspects of testing that are useful in analyzing the reproductive performance of the man being tested. Home testing is a relatively modern phenomenon and it involves simply analyzing the density of a semen sample using a home fertility test. Based on the density of the sample, the ratio of sperm in that sample can be judged. Semen fluid has a low density, but when mixed with sperm, the density of the resulting fluid is increased. The only other test for male fertility at home is to judge the quantity and force of ejaculation. Ejaculation occurs as a result of sexual activity. If the semen does not travel far enough into a woman’s reproductive tract or if there no sufficient quantity released, then fertility is likely to be low.

In laboratories, the testing procedure is more thorough. A male will be asked to deposit a sample of semen which will then be analyzed. The sample will be tested for quantity and then it will be analyzed for sperm density. Under a microscope, a portion of the sample may be analyzed to test the speed at which the sperm are swimming, which is known as sperm motility. During the male semen analysis, questions may also be asked about the lifestyle of the individual including factors like smoking which is known to affect fertility. Questions about the frequency of intercourse will be used to establish whether there is simply a lack of activity that is causing the infertility problem. Finally, a hormone analysis will be ordered to make sure that all the correct hormones are present in the male’s bloodstream.
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