80% of infertility cases are caused by weak

The problems of male fertility are the main cause of most cases where the couple cannot conceive, according to a new British study.

According to the Daily Mail, about 50,000 couples in the UK receive recommendations every year for infertility or infertility treatment, but up to a third of these cases are reported by doctors to not detect any problems. What about them.

However, a study by Professor Sheena Lewis from the University of Belfast's School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Studies found, in fact, 80% of unexplained infertile couples may not conceive. because sperm quality is weak or DNA damage in sperm is high. Experts have successfully developed a new test method, helping to detect this situation and assess its level, thereby allowing those who aspire to be a father or mother to seek treatment. Most likely to succeed.

The new study found that 80% of infertility cases are unknown
The essence is due to poor sperm quality. (Photo: Corbis)

Most of the current birth centers assess sperm quality by observing the shape, speed and density of sperm under a microscope. The new test method will help detect small fractures or cracks in sperm DNA. Spermized sperm in this way reduces a woman's ability to conceive and if she is pregnant, they also face a higher risk of miscarriage.

Professor Lewis stressed: "Until now, nearly a third of couples are diagnosed with infertility. They often have to invest a lot of time and money in reproductive treatment (for example, for example). As the uterine spermatozoa (IUI), which is highly likely to fail, currently, when we have found the main cause of infertility in these couples, there is DNA damage in sperm. , experts can adjust the most appropriate treatment for them, increasing the chance of having their children. "

Many infertile couples have resorted to in vitro fertilization (IVF) to satisfy their desire to have a child at a cost of 3,000-15,000 pounds (4,700-23,000 USD) once done. But for 40,000 British women who choose to try this method every year, the success rate (ie, giving birth to a safe child) is only 1/4.

Patients in the UK NHS public health network will generally have to pay for the method of DNA damage testing in sperm, at a cost of nearly one tenth of an IVF cycle. However, Dr. Jane Stewart of the Newcastle Reproductive Center said, it is unclear whether the new method of increasing conception and childbirth success.