The teratozoospermia ( abnormal semen form) racket for "diagnosing " male factor infertility

A common racket we are seeing these days is for everysemen analysis test to be reported as havingteratozoospermia - the technical term for a large number of abnormal sperm forms/ shapes.The truth is that most lab technicians don't actually know how to check for sperm morphology properly.I suspect that they don't even bother to do this properly, and just report every semen sample as having a large number of abnormal forms to maximise their work load !After all, when the report is abnormal, the doctor can triumphantly point out to this abnormality, and claim that this is the reason for your infertility !The patient is very pleased that the doctor is intelligent, and has been able to diagnose the reason for his infertility ! The doctor will now prescribe lots of useless medicines - and some will even advice that the patient undergo ICSI treatment , which is expensive.While ICSI is the only correct treatment for patients who actually do have teratozoospermia, the problem is that the diagnosis itself is incorrect in the first place !Before accepting this diagnosis, please go to a reliable lab and insist that they give you a slide of your stained sperm, so you can be sure they have actually checked for sperm morphology properly . This is a time-consuming test, which takes a lot of expertise, and most labs cannot do this properly.
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs