Acupuncture treatment in male patient presented with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

Abstract

Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) is one of the most common causes of male in- fertility Male fertility may be affected by blood pressure, depression or medications used in the treatment ot cancer or like steroids. In this research is presented a case of a 35 year old man diagnosed with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. The patient un- derwent 5 acupuncture treatments in a period of one month (17.11.22 - 17.12.22). The semen analysis shows low number of sperm count, low number of progressive and slow sperms, high number of immobile sperms and presence of leukocytes. With the acupuncture treatment the number of semen from 8x106/ml was increased to 23x106/ ml. The total number of semen was increased from 48x106/ml to 73x106/ml. The pro- gressive sperm cells were increased from 15% to 21%, the slow sperm cells from 30% to 80%, the immobile were decreased from 45% to 27%. The live sperm count was increased from 70 to 111 and the normal sperm shape was increased from 4 to 5. Treatments were done once a week with duration of 35-40 minutes. Acupuncture as part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine is a safe and effective treatment in treating oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, as it improves male infertility by increasing both the quality and quantity of sperm for a very short time of period.

Keywords: fertility, acupuncture, traditional chinese medicine,