WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Dr. Aaid Abed Ibrahim, Dr. Mahmood Ali Abdulla and Dr. Hanan Mohammed Ali Thanon

ABSTRACT

This study is an attempt to identify the effect of certain risk factors of male infertility in Mosul city. To achieve the aim of this study, A case control study design was adopted. A total of [100] cases of male infertility were collected from Al –Batool infertility clinic, while the control group include [100] fertile man. The controls were matched according to age group [< 25 years, 25 – 34 years, 35 – 44 years, > 45 years]. The study period extended from April 2023 through September 2023. It was found that heavy smokers has a significant association with male infertility, also there is a significant association between inguinal hernia repairing and genital infection with male infertility. There is a deterioration in sperm quality of infertile patients with progression of infertile patients' ages. Primary infertility is more common than secondary infertility in the study infertile cases. Seminal fluid analysis was performed in Al-Batool infertility clinic for 25 cases and 25 controls and comparism of the test results was done for the two groups using the following parameters :- Sperm count, sperm motility, sperm morphology and indicators of seminal fluid infections (pus cells, red blood cells, germinal cells and others). It was found that the most frequent semen abnormalities involving sperm count, sperm activity and seminal fluid infection.