This is generally performed before any tests are conducted on the wife. Often, in the case of male infertility, the semen analysis is abnormal. There are many other anomalies that one may find on semen analysis. When one finds anomalies in the semen analysis, the next step is to try and find a cause for it. To do this, one must perform additional investigations.
Immediate results are hard to produce and persistence with therapy is required.
The following modalities of treatment are generally employed. This consists of the administration of certain drugs to improve seminal quality. Clomiphene citrate, mesterolone, tamoxifen, gonadotropin injections, antibiotics, steroids etc. are commonly used. Surgical treatment Obstructions in the sperm conduction pathway, varicoceles, undescended testes etc. can be treated by operation. Modern microsurgical techniques are of great help.