I am trying for a baby and need advice on my semen analysis report.

Hi,

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Since you have not uploaded any attachment of your semen analysis report along with your query. It is hard to give you a complete proper answer to it.

You have not mentioned your sperm morphology (size and shape), ejaculate volume, and whether the sperm count you have mentioned is either total sperm count in ejaculate or sperm concentration per milliliter of ejaculate.

I hope you can upload the file or a picture of your report so that I can help you further and give you a proper interpretation of your report.

Hello,

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Thank you for the attachment (attachment removed to protect patient identity) and further follow-up.

Your report suggests that your total sperm count is less, which should be a minimum of 39 million as per WHO guidelines, and yours is 30 million.

Active motility is 40%, which is good. However, you have 6 to 8 pus cells, which means there is an ongoing infection, which is a common reason for low sperm count.

Another reason for low sperm count could be that there was no abstinence for a minimum of 72 hours before giving the sample, which should have been advised to you beforehand because it is a prerequisite. Since you wanted to know about your report's interpretation only, I cannot give you further advice.

But you do need to take an antibiotic course and repeat the sample after four weeks from a good lab.

I hope this helps.

Hello,

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First of all, I would advise you to relax and not stress out because stress makes things worse.

Regarding your query about infection, there are many causes of pus in semen such as chlamydia infection, gonococcal urethritis, non-specific urethritis, candidal balanitis, prostatitis, etc.

Did you have any discharge or itching from the penis?

It is also compulsory to know if you have any drug allergy from any antibiotics or other medication before I start any antibiotics according to guidelines. And any sort of infection I mentioned above are all treatable, and you do not have to worry further. And this infection can cause a decrease in sperm count. Also, your partner’s history of such infection is important for the future. Please inform me regarding any drug allergies.