Male infertility

DDx

  • Female infertility
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Hypogonadism (deficient testosterone from primary or secondary testicular failure)
  • Spermicidal lubricants
  • Cryptorchism
  • Epididymitis
  • Retrograde ejaculation, eg, diabetic neuropathy
  • Varicocele
  • Ejaculatory duct obstruction
  • Vas deferens obstruction
  • Absent seminal emission from sympathetic nerve injury, eg, pelvic or retroperitoneal surgery
  • Hernia repair damaging vas deferens or testicular blood supply
  • Drugs: sulfasalazine, nitrofurantoin affect sperm motility (see also drugs in Hypogonadism)

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Last updated: December 1, 2014