There exist medications, treatments and techniques that provide
infertile couples the possibility of conceiving a genetic child
that possesses the characteristics of both parents. However, there
are no exact guarantees that all work in the fashion as earlier
predicted during clinical analysis. In fact, majority of couples
requires several attempts of medical intervention before they actually
create conception.
Male infertility is nearly hundred percent based
on sperm problems. It may either be that the male patient develops
poor sperm quality, low sperm count, or worse no sperm at all. Unfortunately
enough, there is still no technique that may affect the condition
of the sperm cells as presented by the patient. Instead, all treatments
focus on how to make the most of the sperm cells that are under
study.
In male infertility treatment, the female factors
should also be taken seriously as these, in fact, largely contribute
to the presence of the condition. For untreated male infertility,
there is only less than 50% possibility that pregnancy will occur
more specifically for cases that present semen quality as the main
focus of the problem.
However, it is strange how the nature of semen quality
fluctuation is not understood in the medical community. Often, the
belief that the treatment is effective or ineffective depending
on the variability of the treatment is misleading.
Meanwhile, wide spectrum of male infertility treatments
is still, for the present, has no scientific evidence to back up
their effectiveness. This spectrum covers herbal treatments to hormonal
treatment.
One of the simplest yet considered high-tech procedure
in male infertility treatment is the artificial insemination of
the sperm cells coupled with ovarian stimulation.
In-vitro fertilization, a method that is fastly
becoming the ultimate option for nearly all couples who can afford
the extensive treatment seem to offer a solution for infertility.
Nonetheless, there are still no accurate parameters to predict the
effectiveness of the treatment. In common cases, patients normally
undergo 3 cycles before a possible conception is achieved. Aside
from financial taxation, this infertility treatment can also exhaust
the willingness of the couple to do the procedure for the 5th, 9th
or who-can-guess how many more times.
Another option in aid of fertilization for poor
sperm quality is the use of sperm donation. This is rarely the case
though since men, with the high rate of sperm production is almost
impossible of not creating semen. Nonetheless, for patients who
are in need of this treatment, the assurance of success is high
given the factor that the female is fertile.