What is a male sperm quality test? Sperm quality determines quality!

Men usually have their semen checked regularly when they are preparing to have children after marriage or when they have problems with their fertility. Men are prone to low sperm quality due to working in polluted environments and bad living habits. In severe cases, dead sperm may appear. Therefore, semen checks for men should be taken seriously.

What is a sperm test?

What is a semen test? I believe that most male friends know what semen is, but they know little about semen tests. But when you find that there is something wrong with your semen, you rush to the hospital to ask the doctor what to do. It is better to understand what a semen test is and what it does in advance.

Semen examination is actually a routine semen examination. It is often called a routine semen examination when seeing a doctor in the hospital. It is the simplest and most popular laboratory test in urology, men's medicine, and reproductive medicine. In addition, male semen examination can also be used as an important reference parameter in gynecology.

Precautions for sperm testing

What should you prepare before doing a semen test? If you don't meet the requirements, you will go to the hospital and wait in line for a long time. Finally, it's your turn. The doctor will say: You are not suitable for semen test now, and you will be sent back. That would be very sad. Let's take a look at the precautions for semen test.

1. Preparation before semen examination: After a period of frequent ejaculation, abstain from sex for 3-7 days, which will help the test data to be more accurate.

2. When checking, you should prepare a clean and dry container with a large lid. Use masturbation to obtain semen, and ejaculate it all into the container. Then, immediately close the lid and record the time when the specimen leaves the body.

3. The container containing semen should be kept warm and sent to the hospital laboratory within 30 minutes. The time for sample retrieval should be provided to the hospital laboratory staff.

4. If no sperm is found after three sampling tests, it can be confirmed as azoospermia.