Many people know that varicocele is one of the causes of infertility. So do you know why men suffer from varicocele? Let's take a look at the main causes of varicocele together. Varicocele has a significant impact on a family and often appears in male life. Therefore, we should understand the causes and treatment methods of varicocele.
Causes of varicocele
1. Long term medication: antihypertensive drugs, diuretics, antibiotics, and drugs for treating heart disease and gastric ulcers all have the disadvantage of damaging sperm.
2. Tight underwear: Tight underwear not only compresses male reproductive organs and affects normal testicular development, but also hinders sperm survival due to lack of breathability and heat dissipation.
3. Smoking and drinking alcohol: Smokers have fewer sperm count than normal males, while incomplete sperm count is much higher than normal males; Alcohol can cause sperm head and tail deformities and decrease their vitality. This can all cause fetal malformations.
4. Disordered sexual life leads to sexually transmitted diseases: the direct consequence of extramarital sexual behavior and "one night stand" is that it is easy to suffer from gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes and even AIDS, which will seriously damage the male reproductive function and reduce the sperm survival rate.
5. Partial and picky eating: The generation and development of sperm cannot be separated from nutrition, such as arginine supplying the nitrogen component of sperm, vitamin B12 and vitamin C can enhance sperm production, protect sperm from harmful factors, and so on. We should expand the variety of food and avoid single foods and imbalanced nutrition.
Treatment methods for varicocele
1. Drug therapy
The mechanism of infertility caused by varicocele is not yet fully elucidated, and there are currently no specific therapeutic drugs targeting reproductive pathology. There are reports that for those who do not improve their semen quality after surgery, medication can stimulate the production of testosterone by testicular interstitial cells, thereby promoting the production of sperm in the seminiferous tubules, which can improve semen quality and increase the probability of pregnancy.
2. Appropriate exercise
Conservative treatment also includes treatment through rest, wearing tight underwear, reducing vigorous exercise, and appropriate use of blood activating drugs.
3. Surgical treatment
There are two main surgical approaches: retroperitoneum through the iliac fossa and inguinal canal, and it is not necessary to perform a shunt. The main reasons for surgical failure are missed ligation of venous branches and damage to the internal spermatic artery.