Aspermia
| -spermia, Further information: Testicular infertility factors |
| (A)spermia - complete lack of semen |
| (Asthenozoo)spermia - reduced sperm motility |
| (Azoo)spermia - absence of sperm cells in semen |
| (Hyper)spermia - large semen volume |
| (Hypo)spermia - small semen volume |
| (Oligozoo)spermia - few spermatozoa in semen |
| (Necrozoo)spermia - dead or immobile sperms |
| (Teratozoo)spermia - sperm with abnormal morphology |
| Aspermia | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | urology |
| ICD-10 | N46 |
| ICD-9-CM | 606.0 |
Aspermia is the complete lack of semen with ejaculation (not to be confused with azoospermia, the lack of sperm cells in the semen). It is associated with infertility.
One of the causes of aspermia is retrograde ejaculation,[1] which can be brought on by excessive drug use, or as a result of prostate surgery. It can also be caused by alpha blockers such as tamsulosin and silodosin.
Another cause of aspermia is ejaculatory duct obstruction, which may result in a complete lack of or a very low-concentration semen (oligospermia), in which the semen contains only the secretion of accessory prostate glands downstream to the orifice of the ejaculatory ducts.
Aspermia can be caused by androgen deficiency.[2][3][4][5] This can be the result of absence of puberty, in which the prostate gland and seminal vesicles (which are the main sources of semen) remain small due to lack of androgen exposure and do not produce seminal fluid, or of treatment for prostate cancer, such as maximal androgen blockade.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ UCSB's SexInfo
- ↑ Eberhard Nieschlag; Hermann Behre (29 June 2013). Andrology: Male Reproductive Health and Dysfunction. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-3-662-04491-9.
- ↑ Wayne J.G. Hellstrom (28 November 2012). Androgen Deficiency and Testosterone Replacement: Current Controversies and Strategies. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-1-62703-179-0.
- ↑ Carrie Bagatell; William J. Bremner (27 May 2003). Androgens in Health and Disease. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 314–. ISBN 978-1-59259-388-0.
- ↑ Susan Blackburn (14 April 2014). Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-0-323-29296-2.
- ↑ John J. Mulcahy (1 January 2001). Male Sexual Function. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-59259-098-8.