DNA Fragmentation, is a form of sperm damage and is a phenomenon associated with poor sperm fertilizing ability and the subsequent potentially problematic development of pregnancy. There is certainly a correlation between DNA fragmentation and a man's ability to fertilize his partner's eggs.
Simply it’ s quantification and laboratory detection is still in very early…
1) Vaginal issues
Rarely a couple might be unable to complete intercourse due to vaginismus. In such cases, adequate psychological support or even intrauterine insemination (IUI) with sedation may lead to the desired result.
2) Cervical issues
Cervixes that have undergone a Loop Electro-Excision Procedure or Cold-Knife Conization or that are surrounded by inflammatory vaginal environment can either…
In order for conception to occur and for the miracle of life to begin, the fertilization of an egg by a sperm is required.
The spermatozoa are produced in each man's testicles and after passing through the seminal vesicles, they are led to two tiny structures, the sperm cysts that are located behind the prostate…
It is particularly important to understand that for the human species, neither all the spermatozoa, nor all the eggs that are produced and released are fertile. Accordingly it is not guaranteed that all the fertilized eggs will manage to arrive in the uterus, or even if they do manage to arrive in the uterus it…
There has also been a lot of controversy in Greece regarding the function of thrombophilia resulting in recurrent miscarriages. There is indeed an association with some rare cases of thrombophilia but certainly not with all the thrombophilic disorders that are quite common in the Mediterranean population such as the heterozygosity for MTHFR. Therefore, a thorough…
Hormonal causes are probably the most common causes of recurrent miscarriages. They relate to more than a third of these cases. Thyroid disorders like hypothyroidism or less often hyperthyroidism, disorders of glucose metabolism such as hypoglycemia, hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia, as well as prolactinomas may easily lead to the loss of pregnancy usually in the first…