Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of male infertility – Part 1

One major and significant cause of male infertility that I have not made too much reference to is the pH of the body fluids. By pH I mean the alkalinity or acidity of the fluids. Originally, GOD created the body to be predominantly alkaline. However, our diet and lifestyle have rendered our bodies more acidic than they should be.

A bit of explanation will do here: The vagina (and the stomach too) is one of the most acidic areas of the body. The fluid in which the sperm cells swim to be deposited in the vagina is known as the semen. The semen has an alkaline pH, which should neutralize the acidic pH of the vagina and so protect the sperm cells on their way through the vagina to the cervix and uterus.

Secondly, the semen could be acidic due to the lifestyle and diet of the individual. Acidic semen will always kill the sperm cells even before they are deposited in the vagina. Thirdly, is the effect of the pH on the hormones and this affects the female hormones mostly. I will discuss more on this when we begin to look at female infertility in a short while from now. In discussing the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of male infertility, the wise and proper thing to do would be to first of all deal with the issue of alkalinity/acidity of the body fluids. This is one of eight other indices that are studied in a test known as semen analysis.

Semen analysis
This is one test that should be carried out, first time always, for the man. A semen analysis is a measurement of the volume of semen that a man produces per ejaculate, the characteristics and quality of the sperm cells in it.

The results of the different indices tested are usually as follows:
1. Volume of the ejaculate. The normal value is 2-5 milliliters.
2. Liquefaction time. The liquefaction time is the time it takes for the semen to become liquid. Normally the semen is a thick jell at the time of ejaculation. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to become liquid after ejaculation.
3. Sperm count. This is a count of the number of sperm cells in a millimeter of semen in an ejaculate. The normal count is 20 to 60 million/ml.
4. Sperm morphology. This is a measure of the percentage of the sperm cells that have normal shapes. The normal value is 30%.
5. Sperm motility. Normally sperm cells swim forward only. Sperm motility is a measure of the percentage of sperm cells that can move forward. In an ejaculate this should be 50% after one hour.
6. pH. This is the measurement of the alkalinity or acidity of the semen. Semen is normally alkaline with a pH range of 7.1 to 8.0.
7. White blood cell count. It is unusual to find white blood cells in the semen. Their presence is an indication of an infection.
8. Fructose test. This test measures the quantity of fructose in the semen. The fructose is a kind of sugar that provides the energy for the movement of the sperm cells.

Any abnormality in any of the values in a semen analysis may cause infertility but our focus still remains the pH, which, as we shall find out, directly affects all other values. As I mentioned earlier, the pH is influenced by what we eat and drink. Depending on what we eat and drink (especially the quantity and type of water and other fluids), an alkaline pH in the body could be changed to an acidic one.

There is also the accumulation of wastes, which lead to the destruction sperm cells in the man. This could severely affect the characteristics and other qualities of the sperm cells that pregnancy may never occur. To manage and prevent such an occurrence therefore, detoxification has to be done even before other forms of treatment are considered.

DETOXIFICATION
I am going to describe a 10-Day detoxification plan and explain how it works. To successfully carry out this detoxification and maintain a change of diet that will follow needs determination and commitment on your part. Determination to start, continue and get the right results.