Does Teratozoospermia With Head Defect Of 90% Cause Infertility?

Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2014

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Question : hi sir,

my hubby was diagnosed to be with teratozoospermia with head defect of 90% but otherwise his count and motility are normal.kindly answer me whether can i get pregnant?

Answered by Dr. Mahesh Koregol (39 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
4 percent normal morphology

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I read your query and I understand your concerns.

Following is my reply:

1) 90 percent head defects is a lot. But if remaining 10 percent sperms are having normal morphology then there is nothing to worry.

2) Conception is possible even if 4 % of sperms are having normal morphology. This report cannot be called terato spermia if more than 4 % sperms have normal morphology.

Let me know if you have anymore questions.

Regards,
Dr. Mahesh Koregol

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar