{"id":1773,"date":"2017-09-11T08:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T08:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/data-interpretation\/semen-analysis\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:25","slug":"semen-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/data-interpretation\/fertility\/semen-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Semen analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Causes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Impaired sperm production\n<ul>\n<li>Obesity, smoking, alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Infection &#8211; chlamydia, gonorrhoea<\/li>\n<li>Previous mumps or TB<\/li>\n<li>Undescended testes<\/li>\n<li>Chemotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Klinefelter syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Idiopathic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Obstruction (usually leads to no sperm in sample &#8211; azoospermia)\n<ul>\n<li>Epididymal<\/li>\n<li>Seminal outflow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ejaculate volume\n<ul>\n<li>&lt;0.5 &#8211; indicates seminal outflow obstruction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sperm concentration\n<ul>\n<li>5-20 &#8211; possible to conceive naturally but may take longer<\/li>\n<li>&lt;5 &#8211; it will be difficult to conceive naturally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Motility\n<ul>\n<li>20-40 &#8211;\u00a0possible to conceive naturally but may take longer<\/li>\n<li>&lt; 20 indicates it will be difficult to conceive naturally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Total motile sperm count\n<ul>\n<li>volume x concentration x (total motility\/100)\n<ul>\n<li>5-39 million &#8211; referral may be appropriate<\/li>\n<li>&lt;5 million &#8211; refer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Morphology\n<ul>\n<li>Poor repeatability and difficult to interpret<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow-up\n<ul>\n<li>Repeat sample\n<ul>\n<li>if abnormal results &#8211; sampling error, natural variations in men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Who to refer to\n<ul>\n<li>Male fertility clinic \/ Urology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\nSource: Practical tips on interpreting semen analysis &#8211; Dr Channa Jayasena\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Causes Impaired sperm production Obesity, smoking, alcohol Infection &#8211; chlamydia, gonorrhoea Previous mumps or TB Undescended testes Chemotherapy Klinefelter syndrome Idiopathic Obstruction (usually leads to no sperm in sample &#8211; azoospermia) Epididymal Seminal outflow &nbsp; Clinical management Ejaculate volume &lt;0.5 &#8211; indicates seminal outflow obstruction Sperm concentration 5-20 &#8211; possible to conceive naturally but may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/data-interpretation\/fertility\/semen-analysis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Semen analysis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2369,"menu_order":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2093,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1773\/revisions\/2093"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}