Male Infertility Faces New Risk 

It is estimated that 15% of couples attempting their first pregnancy meet with failure. Conception normally is achieved within twelve months in 80-85% of couples who use no contraceptive measures  The male factor is at least partly responsible in about 50% of infertile couples.  Ovr the last few decades, decline in male fertility has become an issue in some developed countries.

Infertility which has robbed thousands of young couples from having babies has many repercussions to family lives even years later.  Dreams have been broken and many a marriage has broken down due to infertility problems. 

Now the latest research just recently released is that Chlamydia, the sexually transmitted infection (STI) carried by one in ten sexually-active young British adults can make men infertile by damaging the quality of their sperm.

This has long been known to threaten female fertility but now researches from Spain and Mexico have established that it presents similar risks for men.

The study showed that men who have chlamydia have 3 times the amount of sperms with genetic damage that can impair their ability to function.

To overcome this, antibiotic is needed and preliminary results indicate that it may dramatically enhance pregnancy rates when couples are trying for a baby. But with the prevalence of the disease in many young men, infertility could become a pressing problem across an entire generation of young adults.

Doctors hope that this will create pressure for chlamydia screening to be more effectively targeted at young men, who rarely seek testing and treatment unless they develop symptoms.

They have already warned that the rise in chlamydia cases, thousands of young women may not have the chance to have children in the future. The Health Protection Agency reveal that cases of chlamydia have increased by more than 200% in UK in the past decade.

Chlamydia is easily treated with antibiotics like doxycycline or azithromycin, but testing is necessary first.

Male fertility should not been seen just from a medical or statistical point of view but it has long lasting effects on family life itself.

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