Infertility: Management
Couples who have difficulty conceiving may still achieve pregnancy if attention is paid to the female partner, timing of intercourse and general health measures.
If there is a treatable cause, like hormone deficiency or infection, then fertility may be improved by treating these.
In most men with a low count and poor quality sperm, there is no specific treatment. Couples often choose Assisted Reproductive Technology (IVF and ICSI) to achieve fertilisation. In men with no sperm, use of donor semen is available.
Where to get help
- your doctor
- fertility clinic
- family planning clinic
- public hospital.
Health Checks: Infertility
In some couples a history of disease or symptoms in the reproductive system will signal the likelihood of difficulty conceiving, and assessing this is appropriate even before pregnancy is desired.
Where couples appear normal, fertility problems are not investigated until they have tried to conceive, and failed, for about one year.
Investigating suspected infertility requires a number of tests for both the man and his partner.
Around 40 per cent of fertility problems originate in the man. According to theReproductive Health Indicators Australia 2002 report, compiled by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s National Perinatal Statistics Unit, one in 20 men will suffer from infertility. Continue Reading
Andrology and Erectile Dysfunction
Checkout this video about andrology and erectile dysfunction from the Foundation 49 men’s health specialist, Associate Professor, Doug Lording.
Health Checks: Erectile Dysfunction
An occasional failure to get or keep an erection should not be cause for concern. Occasional erectile dysfunction is normal. Some of the causes include drunkenness, anxiety and tiredness. In fact, one of the most common causes in middle-aged men is lack of sleep. Continue Reading
Sexually Transmissible Infections: Prevention and Management
What are my risks of getting an STI?
The risk of acquiring an STI depends on two things: the rate of change of sexual partners, and how common the STI is in the group within which a man finds sexual partners. Continue Reading
Sexually Transmissible Infections: Causes and Diagnosis
| Sexually transmissible infections (STI’s) are a group of infections usually acquired by unprotected sex (sex without a condom). Some STI’s, eg. hepatitis B and HIV, can also be transmitted by infected blood.STI’s are often asymptomatic, ie you may feel quite well and have no symptoms to indicate infection. But even asymptomatic infection can be passed on to another person and cause them harm. Continue Reading |
Infertility: Causes & Diagnosis
Conceiving children is a mathematically complex, miraculous process…
New life begins when an egg from a woman is fertilised by sperm from a man. For this to occur, around 20 million sperm per millilitre (ml) need to be present in the ejaculate, with enough mobility and strength to swim the journey along the fallopian tube to the ovary, where conception takes place. Continue Reading
Erectile Dysfunction: Causes & Diagnosis
‘Erectile Dysfunction’ refers to the failure to get an erection, or keep an erection long enough for satisfactory lovemaking. It isn’t a disease, but a symptom of some other problem, either physical, psychological or a mixture of both.
Erectile Dysfunction: Prevention & Management
For many men, sexual function is an important part of their general health perception and essential to their ego. For these reasons, if erectile dysfunction is ongoing and cannot be attributed to drunkenness, stress or fatigue, it is important it is discussed with a doctor.
