Necrospermia

Necrospermia (or necrozoospermia) [Shukra Dosha in Hindi or Sanskrit[1]] is a condition in which there is a low percentage of live and a very high percentage of immotile spermatozoa in semen.[2]

-spermia,
Further information: Testicular infertility factors
Aspermia —lack of semen; anejaculation
Asthenozoospermia —sperm motility below lower reference limit
Azoospermia —absence of sperm in the ejaculate
Hyperspermia —semen volume above higher reference limit
Hypospermia —semen volume below lower reference limit
Oligozoospermia —total sperm count below lower reference limit
Necrozoospermia—absence of living sperm in the ejaculate
Teratozoospermia —percent normal forms below lower reference limit

Necrospermia is usually confused with asthenozoospermia, which is the inability of the sperm to move even when alive. To check for necrospermia, samples with a high percentage of immobile sperm are stained to check for vitality. If they are dead sperm they will be stained, as the membrane is broken and the dye enters indiscriminately. Necrozoospermia is a rare condition with a reported prevalence of 0.2-0.48% in infertile subjects.[3]

Treatment in complementary and alternative medicine

It has been claimed that necrospermia can be successfully treated in Ayurveda. A single case report to that effect has been published.[1]

References
  1. Doddamani SH, Shubhashree MN, Giri SK, Naik R, Bharali BK (January–March 2019). "Ayurvedic management of necrozoospermia - A case report". Ayu. 40 (1): 44–47. doi:10.4103/ayu.AYU_120_15. PMC 6891995. PMID 31831968.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, 5th Edition, 2010
  3. Lecomte PJ, Barthelemy C., Nduwayo L., Hamamah S. (1999) Necrospermia: Etiology and treatment. In: Hamamah S., Olivennes F., Mieusset R., Frydman R. (eds) Male Sterility and Motility Disorders. Serono Symposia USA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1522-6_6


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