Baby Tone

Approximately 15% couples attempting their first pregnancy meet with failure. Most authorities define these patients as infertile if they have been unable to achieve a pregnancy after one year of unprotected intercourse. The fact is, among 60% of all couples experiencing infertility, a male factor is involved. In approximately 40 % of cases subfertility is found in the male alone and in another 20% both male and female are abnormal. Barring some physical defects, low sperm count (Oligospermia) and poor sperm quality is responsible for male infertility in more than 90% of cases. Out of these in about 30% to 40% the cause is unexplained, and in the rest of the cases critical illness, malnutrition, genetic abnormalities, pollution, and also side effects of some medicines, hormones and chemicals are responsible. (In short, it is not the number but the quality of the sperm that is important in fertility).