An examination that investigates the presence or absence of male factor infertility.

1. Sperm Assessment and Semen Analysis

2. Semen analysis is assessing the man’s semen and sperm to
examines the man’s fertility.
What is Semen
Analysis?

3. The collection of a semen sample is achieved
when the patient ejaculates into a sterile
collection cup.
This is usually done through:
a. Masturbation, or
b. By using a collection condom.

4. Collection condoms must be made with polyurethane or
silicone, since latex is harmful to sperm and also contain
spermicides, which can distort the findings of the semen
analysis.
Polyurethane Latex

5. Additionally, sperm samples from collection condoms have
been found to have
higher total sperm counts,
improved motility, and
greater numbers of normal sperm.

6. Sperm motility can be further specified into four
different grades:
Grade a: progressive, swimming in a straight line.
Grade b: progressive, but traveling in a curved path.
Grade c: non-progressive motility, but with perceptible
tail movement.
Grade d: non-motile, non-moving.

7. Sometimes semen analysis may be normal
in men diagnosed with abnormal sperm
function.
On the other hand, men with poor semen
analyses may still be able to impregnate
their partners. If the results from the initial
sample indicate subfertility, then more
semen assessments must be done for
verification.

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