Semen has become one of the hottest selling in Lagos at the moment as couples in desperate need of children are paying as much as N50,000 for a "sachet." Dr Adegbite Ogunmokun, the chief consultant and head, obstetrician and of the fertility department at Eko Hospitals, said fertility problem, based on recent experience, has tilted more towards the male factor.
He said: “If 10 couples come in, there will be problem with the male in six of them, using our parameter of 20 million sperm per millimetre. Some 10 to 15 years ago, maybe about four out of 10 men would have problem.”
A fertility expert at Mother’s World Care, Ikeja, Lagos, Dr Margaret Olusegun, said: “A man should have a good count, up to 40 to 50 million sperm per millimetre of semen upward but you find that these days, men have more challenges with fertility than women. Although, I don’t have the statistics, men are the ones with more challenges now, even though they are the ones who drive out their wives if they can’t bear children.”
Dr Ogunmokun described low concentration of sperm as oligospermia. He, however, said a sperm count with a minimum lower limit of 20 million sperm per millimetre of semen would still be considered normal but he added that any sperm concentration of less than 20 million per millimetre of semen could be categorised as mild, moderate or severe oligospermia, depending on the count.
He said: “If 10 couples come in, there will be problem with the male in six of them, using our parameter of 20 million sperm per millimetre. Some 10 to 15 years ago, maybe about four out of 10 men would have problem.”
A fertility expert at Mother’s World Care, Ikeja, Lagos, Dr Margaret Olusegun, said: “A man should have a good count, up to 40 to 50 million sperm per millimetre of semen upward but you find that these days, men have more challenges with fertility than women. Although, I don’t have the statistics, men are the ones with more challenges now, even though they are the ones who drive out their wives if they can’t bear children.”
Dr Ogunmokun described low concentration of sperm as oligospermia. He, however, said a sperm count with a minimum lower limit of 20 million sperm per millimetre of semen would still be considered normal but he added that any sperm concentration of less than 20 million per millimetre of semen could be categorised as mild, moderate or severe oligospermia, depending on the count.
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