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Infertility is a very distressing life crisis in any man that erodes perceived social stature and self worth. Men may not have the maternal instinct of women but are also as hopeful as them, and infertility can wreak havoc on their male egos. In spite of this, issues on infertility and care have focused more on women in the time past. Thus the question: What are male infertility causes?

There are several reasons for male infertility causes. Environmental factors, psychosocial and behavioral concerns, hormonal problems, physical or structural abnormalities as well as lifestyle problems or an interplay of more than one problem are among the top reasons.

Temporary  male  infertility causes are mostly often due to lifestyle or it could be behavioral or psychosocial in nature. Some of the leading reasons are: unhealthy lifestyle like poor diets leading to obesity or malnourishment, inappropriate vices like smoking, alcohol and substance abuse, smoking, and activities that inflict stress on male reproductive organ like biking and sauna. The fact that these cause temporary infertility means that the reproductive health can still be restored by modifying lifestyle and certain behaviors.

Direct detrimental effects may be impinged on testes or the hormone system to decrease sperm production and quality due to exposure to infective microorganisms, radiation or toxic chemicals. Hydrocarbons and organochlorines found in plastics, free radicals or oxidants, certain pesticides, bisphenol, heavy metals, and radiation are some of these potentially harmful environmental factors.

On the other hand, hormonal concerns that are genetically triggered are harder to treat. Some of these diseases that are hormone-related are: panhypopituitafism or complete pituitary gland failure, hyperprolactinemia or elevated prolactin, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypogonadotropic hypopituitarisms, and hypothyroidism or low thyroid hormone.

Male infertility causes like physical abnormalities may interfere with production of viable sperm or lead to blocking of sperm pathway. Some of these are: variocoele is an enlargement of a spermatic vein leading to reduced sperm count and altered sperm form; damaged spermatic ducts which may be genetic or due to the presence of scars from surgery or infections; torsion or twisting of testes cutting off blood supply causing testicular damage; infection and diseases like mumps, gonorrhea, syphilis, typhoid, etc. causing  testicular atrophy, low sperm count and motility; Klinefelter’s syndrome a genetic disorder in which cells have an extra X chromosome leading to underdeveloped testes; and retrograde ejaculation where the sphincter does not constrict during ejaculation. There are other common sexual problems that affect male fertility like erectile dysfunction and impotence, premature ejaculation and ejaculatory incompetence.