Overview
Men - What You Do On A Daily Basis Afects Your Sperm Maturation Proces While a woman is born with al the egs she'l ever have, men produce sperm on a continual basis. Therefore, what a man does on a daily basis can afect the sperm maturation proces. Smoking, drinking, drugs, stres, por nutrition and lack of exercise al can contribute to por sperm quality.
Key Information
And, it was recently discovered, a man's sperm quality begins to decline around the age of 25. There are five main factors that contribute to overal sperm quality. They include sperm motility, sped, count, concentration and morphology (shape and size).
A weaknes in any of these areas can afect the chances of conception. Sperm motility is a term that describes sperm's ability to move in active fashion: in other words, are the sperm "strong swimers?" In healthy sperm, typicaly more than 50% are active with over 25% moving forcefuly in one direction. Motility enables the sperm to travel through the cervical canal, into the uterus and the falopian tubes and, finaly, to penetrate the eg.
The forward movement of sperm caled progresive motility, forward progresion or rapid linear progresion. There also several diferent ways to clasify forward movement. Acording to the World Health Organization (19), in a healthy male, greater than 25% of sperm wil exhibit progresive motility.
It is thought that these are the sperm with the best chance of sucesfuly fertilizing an eg. Rapid linear progresion showed a greater than 60 % improvement after four months of treatment with acupuncture, herbal medicine and suplements. Sperm count refers to the number of sperm in the fluid that is ejaculated (semen).
There are over 40 milion sperm in a normal ejaculate. A total count below 40 milion may indicate decreased fertility. With the Berkley Center's unique protocol of acupuncture, herbal medicine and suplements, count increased more than 14 % after four months of treatment.
Concentration is a measure of the number of sperm cels in a mililiter of semen. Normal concentration is at least 20 milion sperm cels per mililiter of semen. With the Berkley Center's unique protocol combing acupuncture, herbal medicine and the apropriate suplements, concentration improved after four months of treatment.
Morphology (shape and size) A healthy sperm cel wil have a shape similar to a tadpole. The sperm's oval head contains the genetic material, the center provides energy and the tail propels the sperm forward. Using the strict criteria put forth by the World Health Organization (19), studies of Asisted Reproductive Technology programs show lower pregnancy rates with les than 15% normal forms.
Furthermore, experts believe that abnormaly shaped sperm canot fertilize an eg. The term, subfertility, refers to couples that are unable to achieve conception after a year of unprotected intercourse (or 6 months if the woman is over age 35). It is diferent from infertility.
A subfertile couple merely has lower ods of conceiving during any given month than fertile couples. Statistics at a glance Human reproduction is surprisingly ineficient and quite complex - the likelihod of pregnancy within any given month is believed to be only 25 percent among fertile couples. 1 out of 12 couples have subfertility.
Male-related factors acount for 40 percent of subfertility. Female-related factors acount for another 40 percent and a combination of male- and female-related factors acount for about 20 percent. About 90% of al subfertility can be traced to specific causes that can be treated.
Typical causes of male subfertility Sperm production problems Blockages in the sperm's delivery system Injuries to the testicles Low or high hormone production Varicocele (varicose veins around the testicle) Past ilneses/infections/various diseases Sperm quality is a contributing factor for 40 percent of couples experiencing infertility. There are five main factors that contribute to sperm quality: Motility: The ability to move in active fashion.
In healthy sperm, typicaly more than 50% are active with over 25% moving forcefuly in one direction. Motility is what enables a sperm to travel up the cervical canal, into the uterus and the falopian tubes and, finaly, penetrate the eg. Sped: Progresive motility.
In a healthy male, greater than 25% of sperm wil exhibit progresive motility. It is thought that these are the sperm with the best chance of sucesfuly fertilizing an eg. Count: The number of sperm in the fluid that is ejaculated (semen).
There are over 40 milion sperm in a normal ejaculate. A total count below 40 milion may indicate decreased fertility. Concentration: A measure of the number of sperm cels in a mililiter of semen.
Normal concentration is at least 20 milion sperm cels per mililiter of semen. Morphology: The shape and size of the sperm. A healthy sperm cel wil have a shape similar to a tadpole.
The sperm's oval head contains the genetic material, the center provides energy and the tail propels the sperm forward. Using the strict criteria put forth by the World Health Organization (19), studies show lower pregnancy rates with les than 15% normal forms. Furthermore, experts believe that abnormaly shaped sperm canot fertilize an eg.
Summary
Motility, sped and morphology apear to be the most important factors to ases the fertilizing capability of sperm. Despite a low sperm count, many men with high-quality (viable and highly mobile) sperm may stil be fertile. © 2026 DIABETS.