one of human body fluids which is important in infertility assessment is seminal fluids .medical laboratories in Iran are responsible to analyse the semen and report back to specialist .the technicians responsible for this analyse are mostly microbiologists so I decided to teach my students the general information about semen analysis in this powerpoint.
2. Importance of
infertility
• Every Country has a rate of
infertility and fertility which
matters for future planning
• Having a family with children
• Avoiding depression
• Being aware of ones body
condition
• Curing the diseases if possible
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3. 3
• Primary infertility : regularly having
intercourse with your partner to get
to get pregnant over a year
(12months)
• Secondary infertility :you may have
one child but after 6 months of
of trying you cant conceive
Infertility definition byWHO
9. What should you do in the lab
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1. Measure PH of the seminal fluids
2. Investigate the viscosity of the
semen
3. Let the sample liquefaction for 30
minutes
4. measure the sperm volume
16. Wet preparation of sperm analysis
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1. Place one drop of semen on a slide
2. Place a cover glass on it
3. Look under microscope with X100
4. Report what you see
5. Change your area at least 5 times
6. Count the sperms
7. Recognize the sperm shapes