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.