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What Does My Sperm Count Regarding Fertility Indicate?

Hi, First to let you know me problem. I am male 32 years and having fertility issue. I had been to all the doctors with all different opions but with no better result. I will discuss the issue ina bit details. couple years back i decided to have a baby so me and amy wife started this natural phenomenon of conciving a natural baby. However to our surprise we werent able to do so we decided to consult a gynec and he suggest for detailed siemen analysis. The report was low sperm count at that time 20 Millions .Gynec said we can go ahead and give it a try naturally but obviously we didnt succeed. We were asked to check my PH ,FSH, TH and Testotorne soon after that. The PH and FSH level was very high so my gynec suggested me to go for an MRI. Soon after the MRI i was diagnosed with a micro adenoma which in medical terminology is a Pitutary tumor. I was directed to a endocrinologist and he advised me to have Cabergoline. I was on Cabergoline for almost a year and a half and i had couple if blood test which revelad a PH of 0.6 to 0.6 and FSH was max till 11. I did a siemen anaysis in between as well and it went till 11 millions.i went an urologist as well and and a 3 doppler test done which revealed an 3 mm vericosile. Now my query is i had stopped Cabergoline for almost 3 months and did an siemen anaysis which revealed an count of 6 million. (just to mention my siemen volume also keeps on flactuatin from 0.8 ml to 2.00 ml 1- Does FSH and PH affects fertility. 2- if yes what is the best medicine for it. 3- i had been on Fertil M medication which has shown significant improvement. Any suggestion on this. 4-does Vericocile affects fertility. If yes what is the medical treatment. Lastly i am now very confused and dont know the future course of action and line of treatment. Can anyone suggest me a way out of this confusion please.
Thu, 28 Apr 2016
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Infertility Specialist 's  Response
Hello, thanks for the query. I understand your confusion regarding the endocrine orchestra. Let's try to sort one by one.
Firstly it would have been great and could have helped to draw a line of management if you provided few more details like
A. Duration of your married life
B. How long have you been trying
C. Your job nature
D. Your thyroid hormone, testosterone levels.

Coming to your questions, I can suggest you these things based on the available information.
1. Prolactin is an important hormone that affects fertility and fortunately this cause is easily correctable by drugs which can normalise sperm count and motility. An increase in prolactin causes decrease in sperm count, motility and quality. It reduces testosterone (male hormone) levels as well.
I see that your prolactin has been adequately treated and you have stopped it three months ago. But your sperm count is at 6 million recently which is low and cannot be reasoned accurately without evaluating in depth. Unfortunately, male factors like oligospermia (low sperm count) are difficult to treat and intrauterine insemination (iui) where good quality sperms are separated in adequate numbers and are injected directly into the uterus, is tried as treatment method to aid conception.

2. Your FSH is at the higher end of normal range and difficult to remark as I don't have your testosterone levels available. It varies in response to other hormonal levels like prolactin and testosterone.

3.Fertyl M works by increasing FSH which augments sperm count. As your FSH is normal, its unlikely to help you significantly.

4. Your varicocele is currently mild and doesn't require a surgery. Wearing cotton and comfortable undergarments, quitting alcohol and smoking if you are used to, helps. Nothing needs to be done for varicocele as of now. Vitamin A, E and C supplements enhance sperm qualby working as antioxidants.

5. To know the best line of action your partner needs to get few tests to know if she s ovulating and if her fallopian tubes (hysterosalpingogram) are good. If yes, you can try iui for 4 to 6 cycles provided your processed semen count is preferably 5 million.

Hope you have been answered satisfactorily. Good luck.


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Sexologist Dr. Dr. B. Radhakrishnan. Nair's  Response
Hi
greetings
I can understand your situation. To begin with your hormones ,prolactin was high because of mucroadenoma and you were on cabergolin. I hope you have stopped the drug after normalising prolactin and with treating doctors advise.
Secondly the values you have mentioned doesn't have units,so bit confusing.
As far as your semen analysis is concerned count is decreasing. Other factors like motility and morphology was not mentioned.If motility and morphology along with total count are low them can think of consulting an andrologist and if there is a clinically demonstrable grade 3 varicocele ,surgery might improve semen parameters after microscopic varicocelectomy .
you can try taking antioxidants for 6months.
To give a final opinion we will need the details of prolactin FSH ,LH, TOTAL TESTOSTERONE. FREE T3 T4 AND TSH and a dopler scan of scrotum along with complete semen analysis report.Assuming. Hope my answer helps you.good luck
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What Does My Sperm Count Regarding Fertility Indicate?

Hello, thanks for the query. I understand your confusion regarding the endocrine orchestra. Let s try to sort one by one. Firstly it would have been great and could have helped to draw a line of management if you provided few more details like A. Duration of your married life B. How long have you been trying C. Your job nature D. Your thyroid hormone, testosterone levels. Coming to your questions, I can suggest you these things based on the available information. 1. Prolactin is an important hormone that affects fertility and fortunately this cause is easily correctable by drugs which can normalise sperm count and motility. An increase in prolactin causes decrease in sperm count, motility and quality. It reduces testosterone (male hormone) levels as well. I see that your prolactin has been adequately treated and you have stopped it three months ago. But your sperm count is at 6 million recently which is low and cannot be reasoned accurately without evaluating in depth. Unfortunately, male factors like oligospermia (low sperm count) are difficult to treat and intrauterine insemination (iui) where good quality sperms are separated in adequate numbers and are injected directly into the uterus, is tried as treatment method to aid conception. 2. Your FSH is at the higher end of normal range and difficult to remark as I don t have your testosterone levels available. It varies in response to other hormonal levels like prolactin and testosterone. 3.Fertyl M works by increasing FSH which augments sperm count. As your FSH is normal, its unlikely to help you significantly. 4. Your varicocele is currently mild and doesn t require a surgery. Wearing cotton and comfortable undergarments, quitting alcohol and smoking if you are used to, helps. Nothing needs to be done for varicocele as of now. Vitamin A, E and C supplements enhance sperm qualby working as antioxidants. 5. To know the best line of action your partner needs to get few tests to know if she s ovulating and if her fallopian tubes (hysterosalpingogram) are good. If yes, you can try iui for 4 to 6 cycles provided your processed semen count is preferably 5 million. Hope you have been answered satisfactorily. Good luck.