Prevalence of Antisperm Antibodies in Asthenospermic Infertile Male | ||
| Kirkuk Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 1-7 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.32894/kujss.2012.44507 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Raad H. N; Muhammad A. A; Hussein Q. A | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Recently there has been a lot of discussion about the role that the immune system plays in infertility. The immune system generally works to protect the body from foreign cells and bacteria. Sometimes though problems within the immune system prevent it from working. Many couples facing infertility issues may actually have immune system dysfunction which is preventing them from conceiving .luckily new. tests are now available to pinpoint these immune factors in infertility properly. prospective study was carried out in the infertility clinic of Azadi teaching hospital in Kirkuk city from January 2007 to January 2009.The study included 155 male with primary or secondary infertility with abnormal seminal fluid analysis specifically decreased motility of the sperms (asthenospermia), their ages ranged from(18-55)years. The entire patients included in the study have been proved to be infertile as they fail to conceive after a year of regular intercourse without contraception. All patients were subjected to a special questionnaire used for analytical purposes; both blood and the seminal fluid samples of all were examined for presence of antisperm antibodies. the study showed that 75 patients (48.4%) out of 155 patients showed a positive antisperm antibody (ASA ) which is statistically significance (P value 0.04), 55 patients (73.3% ) from those with positive results showed ASA in their serum, while 20 patients (26.6%) of them showed ASA in their seminal fluids which showed is also statistically significance (P value 0.03) in conclusion the study shows that an antisperm antibody has an impact on asthenospermia and infertility. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Prevalence Antisperm; antibodies; Asthenospermic; Infertile Male | ||
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