Causes of Male Infertility

Many people will put the blame on women for infertility, mainly because women have a more complex body structure and are more likely to suffer from gynecological diseases. But in fact, infertility problems occur in both men and women, and the probability of occurrence for each person is completely different. Infertility can be divided into two factors: congenital and acquired, and the impact of different lifestyles is also different.

Causes of Male Infertility

The main causes of male infertility are low sperm count, high sperm abnormality or poor motility, and ejaculation dysfunction or blockage of the semen output duct.

Many congenital diseases and injuries, acquired factors including chronic health problems, unhealthy lifestyles and other factors including living environment, food, medicine, and living habits are important causes of male infertility. A considerable portion of male infertility can be cured by treating male patients, their spouses, or both at the same time.

Drugs that cause male infertility:

1. Dozens of sleeping pills suppress sexual desire or even cause sexual loss. They can also reduce testosterone production in men, cause difficulty in erection, prevent ejaculation, and cause menstrual disorders or amenorrhea in women.

2. Drugs that affect ejaculation. For example, drugs for treating high blood pressure can reduce the amount of ejaculation or even prevent ejaculation. Some drugs can inhibit the ejaculation reflex and delay ejaculation.

3. Hormone drugs. The use of drugs such as estrogen and progesterone can inhibit the secretion of pituitary gonadotropin, thereby inhibiting the spermatogenic function of the testicles.

4. Antibiotics: Macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin, spiramycin, and medithiomycin from the large family of antibiotics can reduce the frequency of organic division of testicular cells, injure and kill sperm, and significantly weaken the vitality of surviving sperm. Large amounts of gentamicin can block the mitosis of male sperm cells, reduce the DNA concentration in spermatogenic cells, and cause spermatogenesis to stop.

5. Antihypertensive drugs: Compound antihypertensive tablets, reserpine, methyldopa, antihypertensive drugs such as phentermine can affect erectile function, causing decreased libido, impotence, anejaculation, and irregular menstruation.

6. Anti-ulcer drugs such as cimetidine and Tagamet can suppress male and female sexual desire and can cause sexual apathy in both sexes and male impotence.

7. Drugs that directly inhibit spermatogenesis. For example, insecticides, but they also inhibit spermatogenesis. Other drugs, such as dinitropyrroles, nitrofurans, anticancer alkylating agents, and recently studied cottonseed-extracted cottonpol, all have a strong inhibitory effect on testicular spermatogenesis.