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What causes male infertility?

Dr Ippokratis Sarrislists some of the causes ofmale infertility, including problems with the number of viable sperm, abnormal sperm, andlow sperm count.

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The most common reason of male infertility is some sort of problem with the sperm, either the number of sperm is low, or the number of moving sperm is low, or actually the number of normal sperm in ejaculate is low. Now there are many reasons why that might be the case. Some of them are genetic and some of them are acquired. That can be lifestyle issues, that could be medication or medical conditions, but a lot of the times we just do not know.

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