MALE fertility has seen a major decline in the last 50 years and despite the worrying figures, male infertility still remains a taboo subject. What emotional impact does male infertility have on men? Doctor Larisa Corda spoke with express.co.uk to shed a light on male infertility.
According to scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, sperm counts among men in the West have more than halved in the past 40 years and are currently falling by an average of 1.4 percent a year.
Men are often the neglected, shame ridden and forgotten part of infertility. Whether it be a medical issue affecting their ability to conceive, or whether it’s the burden of anger and frustration they have to bear seeing the person they love most in the world struggle to conceive, the emotions engendered are many and complex, yet often endured in silence.
There still continues to be a stigma around male infertility, which is nowhere near as widely discussed as a female problem, and this stigma is even seen in the medical profession where the term ‘andrological ignorance’ has been coined to describe the paucity of male fertility treatments and male contraception, compared to the female where there are many more options.”
