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Male infertility: "I never imagined that it came from me, and not from her"

2021-07-21T20:11:36.182Z


SURVEY - In half of infertility cases, the concern comes from the man. A diagnosis difficult to hear and to accept as the taboo reigns, fueled by virilist prejudices. Analysis and testimonials.


Sybille and Augustin (1), 32 and 36 years old respectively, love each other but struggle to conceive a child.

After a year of unsuccessful attempts, the couple is considered infertile in the eyes of medicine and the WHO.

To understand the cause, the gynecologist first turned to the young woman and gave her a series of tests: blood tests, pelvic ultrasound and hysterosalpingography (

radiological examination of the uterus and fallopian tubes, Editor's note.

).

On Augustine's side?

No recommendation.

The concern, however, comes from the young man, suffering from teratozoospermia, including a majority of morphologically abnormal spermatozoa and thus limiting the chances of fertilization of the egg.

Read also: Are we less and less fertile?

"Our society tends to consider women as the number one suspect in this fiasco,"

Sybille enraged.

But in fact, the reality is quite different:

"Once in two, the man is involved, whether there is a fertility problem in the woman or not"

, assures Stéphane

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Source: lefigaro

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