{"id":5026,"date":"2025-08-22T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khokardispensary.com\/healthtips\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2025-08-22T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:55:15","slug":"does-sperm-motility-affect-fertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khokardispensary.com\/healthtips\/does-sperm-motility-affect-fertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Sperm Motility Affect Fertility ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted 2021-10-11 04:35:46. <\/small><\/p>

The motility of sperm is their ability to move efficiently. It is essential for infertility<\/strong><\/a> because sperm has to move through the reproductive tract of a woman to fertilize her egg. The poor sperm motility can cause the male factor infertility.<\/p>\n

Here, we can look at the sperm impact of motility in terms of fertility, also the causes of poor motility of sperm and ways to improve it.<\/p>\n

Sperm motility<\/h4>\n

Two types of sperm motility makes the individual’s sperm swim. Progressive motility, where the sperm swim in large circles or straight lines. Non-progressive motility where sperm don’t travel in straight lines or circles.<\/p>\n

The sperm has to get through cervical mucus for fertilizing a woman’s egg and must have a progressive motility of 25 micrometres in a second.<\/p>\n

Asthenozoospermia or poor sperm motility can be diagnosed when it has less than 32% of sperm to move efficiently.<\/p>\n

How could it affect fertility?<\/h4>\n

Sixty to eighty million couples can be affected by infertility and rates differ from country to country. The United States has a rate of around 10% of couples. This infertility is the inability for conceiving after 12 months of trying.<\/p>\n

The male factor infertility is an issue where a man’s biology doesn’t make him able to impregnate a woman. Almost 40 to 50% of infertility affects 7% of males.<\/p>\n

Male infertility results due to semen’s deficiencies that are common in:<\/strong><\/p>\n