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Drugs that may impair fertility: |
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CSPSN - Cimetidine - Spiranolactone - Phenytoin - Sulfasalizine - Nitrofurantoin |
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%age of couples that struggle with infertility: |
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greater than 20 million/mL |
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Normal Total Sperm Count: |
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greater than 50 million/mL |
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- greater than or equal to 50% with forward progression greater than 2.0 on a semiquantitative scale of 0 to 4. |
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greater than 35% with standard criteria, greater than 14% with strict criteria |
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normal WBC in semen analysis: |
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less than 1 million/milliliter |
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Normal sperm agglutination in semen analysis: |
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no evidence of it= normal |
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Normal RBC in semen analysis: |
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List different aspects of semen analysis: |
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- Volume - Sperm Density - Total Sperm Count - Motility - Morphology - WBC - Sperm Agglutination - RBC |
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semen analysis collection: |
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- abstinence for 2-3 days before collection - samples should be examined within 1-2 hours - maintain specimens at room/body temperature - collect specimens several weeks apart |
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First step when male pt complains of infertility: |
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With infertility, testosterone, LH, and FSH tests are indicated when sperm count is less than __ per mL or when clinical stigmata such as ___ are present. |
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- 10 million/mL - Stigmata: gynecomastia, testicular atrophy, reduced libido
Endocrine testing usually reserved for the specialist |
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Azoospermia could be a problem with __ or ___. All azoospermia should be __. Finding a sperm does not rule out obstruction. REQUIRES A REFFERAL. |
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- spermatogenesis or obstruction - centrifuged |
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For oligospermia, an ___ ___ should be done. |
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With asthenospermia, what should be done? |
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- antisperm antibody assay - evaluate for infection - consider varicocele or partial obstruction |
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- Grade I: only palpable during valsavla - Grade II: palpable without valsalva - Grade III: dx by visual inspection |
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- greater than 1 million WBC/mL |
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If semen analysis report is talking about round cells, they mean: |
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With Pysosperia consider: |
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- genital tract infections or inflammation |
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Indications for surgical repair of vericocele: |
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- MAJOR INDICATOR IS TESTICULAR GROWTH ARREST - Recommended for: - bilateral vericoceles - males with one testicle - symptomatic vericocele - large vericocele |
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Tmt options for male infertility; |
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- hCG - LH - purified FSH - human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) - antibiotics for infxn - anticholinergics - anti-estrogens |
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