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What Causes Deterioration In Sperm Count?

HI DOCTOR,MY BOYFRIEND HAS LOW SPERM COUNT(0.5 MILLION/ML), WE HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR A BABY MORE THAN A YEAR NOW,WE WENT TO A UROLOGIST TWO WEEKS AGO AND HE THINKS THAT MY BOYFRIEND HAS VARICOCELE ,WE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING THE ULTRASOUND SOON TO CONFIRM IT.CAN THAT BE THE REASON FOR HIS LOW SPERM COUNT?,CAN I GET PREGNANT IF WE HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE VARICOCELE?.PLEASE HELP.
Wed, 16 Sep 2015
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Hello and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i must assure you that a varicocele, can't be a cause for the low sperm count. A varicocele can lower the movements of live sperms. A minimum number of 20million sperms/ml of semen, is needed for fertilization.
But the count you've mentioned, needs to have certain tests done, as it's very low.After examination by Urologist, male hormone levels, FSH,LH,PRL,testosterone and sugar must be checked. According to reports,one can decide, whether a biopsy of testis is needed.If you can send the scan with all reports,directly to me,i can give an expert opinion.
Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.
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What Causes Deterioration In Sperm Count?

Hello and welcome to HCM. As an Urologist, i must assure you that a varicocele, can t be a cause for the low sperm count. A varicocele can lower the movements of live sperms. A minimum number of 20million sperms/ml of semen, is needed for fertilization. But the count you ve mentioned, needs to have certain tests done, as it s very low.After examination by Urologist, male hormone levels, FSH,LH,PRL,testosterone and sugar must be checked. According to reports,one can decide, whether a biopsy of testis is needed.If you can send the scan with all reports,directly to me,i can give an expert opinion. Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.