What is low sperm count/motility?
Low sperm count: There are not enough sperm in the semen to travel through the fallopian tube to fertilize an egg. Normal sperm count varies from 20-150 million sperm per millilitre. The normal volume of ejaculate varies from 1.5-5 millilitres. Low sperm count is affected by physical or psychological stress, too much heat around the genitals from tight clothing, saunas or hot-tubs, use of tobacco/alcohol/drugs, medications, testicular injury etc. Low sperm motility: It refers to the inability of more than 50% of the sperm in the semen to move forward through the vagina and cervix to the fallopian tube to fertilize an egg. This is caused by too much heat to genitals from tight clothing, saunas/hot-tubs or by swollen varicose vein in the scrotum.
