Abstract

Pravin Jawanjal*

ABSTRACT

Infertility is one of the significant problems in medical sciences. Infertility is the absence of pregnancy after 1 year’s sexual intercourse without using contraception.[1] One pair in every 6 couples encounters infertility during their life.[2] According to World Health Organization reports, 80 million suffer from failure of pregnancy. About 15% of couples after 1 year are still infertile.[3] Infertility in men is 7%, which is common.[1] Idiopathic male infertility is a condition where abnormal semen parameters are obtained due to nonspecific causes. In the majority of cases, abnormal semen parameters lead to diagnosis of oligoasthenoteratospermia, and in others, it leads to isolated abnormalities of sperm concentration, motility, and morphology. There are several causes for male infertility such as congenital disorders (testicular dysgenesis, cryptorchidism, etc), acquired disorders, genitourinary (obstruction, tumor and testicular torsion, genitourinary tract infections, increase scrotal temperature), endocrine disorders, genetic disorders, immunological factors, systemic diseases, and external factors (medications, toxins, radiation, etc). Up to 30% to 45% of infertile men have unexplained causes (idiopathic).[3,4] Idiopathic male infertility is a global problem with almost no definite medicinal treatment. Most patients have to go through intrauterine insemination or assisted reproductive technology for achieving fertility. Unfortunately, success rates are low in cases with very low sperm count. Therefore, it seems that improvement in sperm quality can have beneficial effects on assisted reproductive outcome. Ayurvedic formulation has very potential to increase and produce quality sperm. Most pharmaceutical industries attracted toward ayurvedic drugs because it uses is safe due to less adverse effect and remarkable significant results. Nevertheless, though it should be always used under observation of physician.