VOLUME
Description
1.5 -5 ml
Clinical significance
- An adequate semen volume of ejaculate fluid is required to transport sperm into the female reproductive tract and allow for fertilization of the oocyte. Seminal fluid volume is an important part of the semen analysis done to investigate male infertility
- Volume in semen analysis is the measure of semen per ejaculation which is a mixture of Spermatozoa, along with secretion from the Testes, Epididymis, Seminal vesicles, Prostate, Bulbo urethral glands
- Ejaculate less than 1.5 ml is known as Hypospermia. Hyperspermia is a condition when there is an abnormal large ejaculate volume (>5.5ml)
When to get tested
A semen analysis is done when infertility (pregnancy fails to occur within one year of regular unprotected intercourse) is suspected
Elevated level
- Sexual abstinence for longer periods
Decreased level
- Congenital absence of the vas/seminal vesicles
- Low semen volume could be a sign of low testosterone or diabetes
- Duct Obstruction
- Retrograde ejaculation
- Improper collection
- Incomplete ejaculation - anxiety
- Advancing age
Profile
Semen Analysis
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