A previous laboratory had detected in the husband’s semen just one immotile spermatozoon (oligoasthenozoospermia) and the gynaecologist advised the couple to proceed to ivf with donor sperm, instead of telling the partner to consult an urologist-andrologist.
When he repeated the semen analysis in our laboratory, we observed indeed just few spermatozoa, but we proceeded to a microbiological examination in order to explain the cause of this oligoasthenozoospermia. The test detected the presence of Ureaplasma u. The husband consulted an urologist for the first time, who recommended an antibiotic treatment for the microbe. Two months later, the analysis showed 130 millions of spermatozoa with 46% progressive motility. His wife had not followed any treatment. A few months later, Ureaplasma u. was detected again in a microbiological exam of his semen, the quality of which had deteriorated again. The semen improved again when his wife was convinced by the urologist to follow a treatment for the ureaplasma along with her husband. The couple has now a healthy child with the husband’s sperm.
CONCLUSION: A weak sperm can be improved if the man consults an urologist and both partners are treated for the microbe detected in at least one of them.
