Low sperm motility? Lack of this substance in your body makes you weak sperm

Low sperm motility is medically known as "weak sperm syndrome", and this disease is also one of the root causes of male infertility. Nowadays, the second-child policy is fully open. If men want a healthy baby, they must ensure their physical health as much as possible, and at the same time ensure the health of their sperm. So, what are the causes of low sperm motility?

1. Reproductive system infection leads to low sperm survival rate

Reproductive system infection can lead to inflammation of the reproductive system, such as prostatitis, seminal vesiculitis, epididymitis, and urethritis. These inflammations can cause semen mutation, making the pH, oxygen supply, nutrition, and metabolism of semen unfavorable for sperm activity and survival. For example, the reduction of magnesium, zinc, citric acid, and fructose in semen and the increase of pH value will affect the survival rate of sperm.

2. Varicose vein varicocele leads to low sperm survival rate

Varicose veins cause local testicular hypoxia due to venous blood flow obstruction. In addition, the increase in prostaglandins and 5-hydroxytryptamine levels in the venous blood can also cause a decrease in sperm survival rate. Varicose veins cause the scrotal temperature to rise, which can also reduce sperm survival rate.

3. The production of anti-sperm antibodies leads to low sperm survival rate

Anti-sperm antibodies refer to the "self-defense" produced by the male's own immune system, which causes the sperm to agglutinate or stop, making it difficult for the sperm to survive, thus resulting in a low sperm survival rate.

4. Testicular development is blocked, resulting in low sperm survival rate

Before puberty, the pituitary gland secretes insufficient gonadotropin. Testicular biopsy shows that the seminiferous tubules are composed of undifferentiated primitive supporting cells and primitive spermatogenic cells, lacking interstitial cells. The manifestations are incomplete maturity or damage and thinning of the testicular seminiferous epithelium, poor sperm quality, and reduced vitality. For those who have testicular atrophy due to pituitary lesions after puberty or excessive androgen or estrogen treatment, the early changes in testicular biopsy are thickening of the lamina propria and degeneration of spermatogenesis, and late changes are hardening of the seminiferous tubules and atrophy of interstitial cells. The manifestations are small and soft testicles, small amount of semen and no sperm. All of these lead to low sperm survival rate.

5. Lack of trace elements leads to low sperm survival rate

Zinc is an essential trace element for the human body, especially in testicular development, sperm formation, and maintaining sperm motility. Selenium plays an important role in the human enzyme system and immune system. It is an important component of glutathione peroxidase in seminal plasma (this enzyme can prevent the formation of lipid peroxidation in sperm membrane, so that sperm has good morphology and function), and can neutralize the toxicity of cadmium and mercury to reproductive organs. The deficiency of these two trace elements will lead to low sperm survival rate.