Male Sperm Count and Motility
Something about Low Sperm count
Will you be shocked to know that your semen does not have sperm
cells? Of course! Every male person
will be in shocked if told that his semen does not contain any sperm at
all. Is this possible, one would ask. Yes, this is
possible. There are men whose semen if one looks at it is normal but
when seen on microscope would contain zero sperm. This condition
is called Azoospermia.
Aside from the normal sperm count, there are three
types of deficiency when it comes to low sperm count. This is the
low sperm count which is already an infertile condition which would
contain less than 20 million sperm per one ml. The second
infertile condition would be known as very low sperm count wherein one
ml. of semen would contain less than 10 million of sperm
cells. And the last would be this condition known as Azoospermia where
the semen would have zero sperm cells.
Sperm Motility, what is it all About
What we mean actually when we talk about sperm motility is the ability
of sperm movement. Sperm motility is important for fertilization
of a female egg. Sperm cells that are good swimmers are
considered as sperm cells with good motility. Sperm cells that are slow
swimmers are considered as sperm cells having poor motility. Sperm
cells that can be considered as having the poorest motility are those
sperms that are incapable of any movement. A male person even if he has
a high count of sperm cells, can still be infertile if his sperms are
poor in quality, in terms of motility.
A person even though he has a low sperm count if the
qualities of his sperm cells are high, meaning good swimmers with
normal shapes, can still be fertile. Factors that can play a part
in sperm cells motility are their shapes. A normal sperm cell has
an oblong head, body and tails. This oblong head of sperm cells
will enable the sperm cell to navigate easily through the seminal fluid
because of oblong head and also because of its tail flapping action.
In short, a normal sperm cell is smoothly designed to
travel fast in the seminal fluid. However, because of external
factors like toxins and heat, these normal shapes of sperm cells can
become abnormal or mutated. They can have no tails to make them
properly swim; sometimes their head can be in different shapes which
would prevent them from swimming fast.
A male sperm is graded according to its
motility. Grade A sperm cells are also known as fast
progressive kind of sperm cells. These sperm cells swim fast and
in a straight direction. They have torpedo like quality that would make
them highly qualified to reach an egg target, break its outside
barriers and fertilize the egg. A person having this kind of sperm
cells is a highly fertile person who can impregnate a woman with just
one intercourse.
Grade B sperm cells are those that are known as slow
progressive kind of sperm cells. These kinds of sperm cells can also
swim forward but not in a straight direction. They swim in a
curving or some other times in a crooked direction. These sperm cells
swim slowly compared to the grade sperm cells. Male persons
having these kinds of sperm cells can still be fertile but not as
fertile as that person with Grade A sperm cells.
Grade C sperm cells are also known as non-progressive sperm
cells. These sperm cells have the ability to move their tails but
cannot swim. Because of their inability to swim in a forward
direction, these sperm cells are prevented from swimming towards the
female egg and fertilizing it. Thus, male persons having these
kinds of sperm cells are considered infertile.
Grade D sperm cells are those that are immotile sperm
cells. These sperm cells are unable even just to move their
tails. They do not have any movement at all and are thus characterized
as immotile sperm cells. There is zero possibility for these
sperm cells to fertilize a female egg. Thus, persons having these kinds
of sperm cells are infertile.
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