Common symptoms for men who are suffering from infertility or conditions that can precipitate infertility include:
- Noticeable differences in sex drive
- Testicular pain
- Swollen testicles
- Ejaculatory issues
- Impotence
- Firmness or lumps in the testicles
- Abnormal hair growth
Male Infertility Causes
Men can also suffer from conditions that make becoming pregnant difficult. In fact, male factor infertility affects up to half of couples that have difficulty conceiving. Typically, male fertility issues come from sperm with low motility (speed and effectiveness of motion), morphology (shape), or concentration (overall number). Conditions that can precipitate male factor infertility include:
- Diabetes --Yin Deficiency, Blood Stasis, Yin and Yang Deficiency
- Trauma to the testicular region --Blood Stasis and injury Luo
- Infection -- Blood Stasis and Damp Heat
- Chemotherapy and radiation -- Kidney Qi Deficiency and injury Luo
- Cystic fibrosis --Blood stasis, and damp/phlegm
- Environmental toxins, such as lead or pesticides --Liver and Kidney Qi Yin deficiency
- Varicoceles, when testicles' veins are enlarged, which causes sperm to overheat -Stasis and Damp heat
- Taking anabolic steroids -Liver and Kidney Qi Yin deficiency
- Smoking -- Qi and Yin Deficiency
- Heavy drinking
- Using testosterone supplements --Liver and Kidney Qi Yin deficiency
- Improper ejaculation, such as retrograde ejaculation, in which the man's semen releases into the bladder rather than through the head of the penis when he ejaculates -Kidney Deficiency. Need surgery or IVF
