What are the common causes of male infertility?
Most people have heard that low sperm count is one of the common reasons for male infertility, but there are others; additionally, there are reasons why a man’s sperm count may be low. For example, smoking causes much damage to the reproductive system in a man, and can interfere with his sperm production. Trauma to the genital region or testicles, such as an injury or accident, can also interfere with his sperm productions. But if everything “should be working” then what’s the problem? Well, other common causes for male infertility include malformed sperm. In order to fertilize an egg, a sperm must be healthy, otherwise it will simply die before it even reaches the egg in the first place. Another common cause is low sperm motility. This is also called “lazy” or “slow” sperm. From a human point of view, the distance that sperm need to travel in order to fertilize a woman’s egg is not that far – only a matter of inches, really – but to the microscopic sperm, it may as well be miles. Sper
