By Busari Kabirat
To start with, what is the meaning of low sperm count?
Low sperm count is considered to be when the count of sperm is fewer than 15 million per milliliter or less than 39 million sperm total per ejaculation.
Causes of low sperm count
Low sperm count could be caused by different kinds of lifestyle which could be of bad effect, such as drinking alcohol, smoking all kinds of things, infections and taking certain medications which can lower number of sperm cells.
Low sperm count could also be caused by others like chromosome or hormone problems (such as low testosterone), long-term sickness (such as kidney failure) and childhood infections (such as mumps).
Likely problem caused with low sperm count
It reduces the chance of getting your partner pregnant.
Likely treatment to low sperm count
Doctor may prescribe an estrogen receptor blocker, example clomiphene citrate, which could stimulate the hypothalamus and pituitary gland in the brain. This will generate hormone production, release the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), which could definitely increase the sperm production.
