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The male infertility crisis is an increase in male infertility since the mid-1970s. [1] The issue attracted media attention after a 2017 meta-analysis found that sperm counts in Western countries had declined by 52.4 percent between 1973 and 2011.
There has been a lot of talk in the past few years about global declines in sperm counts. Recent research found that sperm counts dropped by 1.2% per year on average from 1973 to 2018, with ...
Men aren’t producing as many sperm as they were decades ago. It’s a trend observed around the globe. The pace of decline is accelerating.
Asthenozoospermia—sperm motility below lower reference limit Azoospermia—absence of sperm in the ejaculate Hyperspermia—semen volume above upper reference limit Hypospermia—semen volume below lower reference limit Oligospermia—total sperm count below lower reference limit Necrospermia—absence of living sperm in the ejaculate
The volume of the semen sample (must be more than 1.5 ml), approximate number of total sperm cells, sperm motility/forward progression, and % of sperm with normal morphology are measured. It is possible to have hyperspermia (high volume more than 6 ml) or Hypospermia (low volume less than 0.5 ml).
Similarly, trying to determine the factors leading to a global decline in sperm count is far from an exact science, and the study's focus on cell phone usage might be obscuring more than it reveals.
Nearly 50 years of research links two common insecticides used in food, yards and households to dramatically lower sperm count in men worldwide, a new study found.
Asthenozoospermia—sperm motility below lower reference limit Azoospermia—absence of sperm in the ejaculate Hyperspermia—semen volume above upper reference limit Hypospermia—semen volume below lower reference limit Oligospermia—total sperm count below lower reference limit Necrospermia—absence of living sperm in the ejaculate