One of the most painful things about infertility for women is that it often makes them feel estranged from their closest friends and sisters as it can seem like everyone in their social group is having a baby and they are the only ones left out. So when they most need to tend and befriend they have no one to turn to.

I am looking for information on Dr. Song, a doctor from china who specializes in chronic prostatitis treatment.  It is quite evidently experimantal as few doctors even know what it is that he is doing.  I just saw a patient who just went through a 44 day course of treatment with him.  It involved the exchange of almost $19,000 US, and over 80 injections of both western medicine and chinese medicine combined.  The treatment was 1 year ago and he has felt much releif from many of his symptoms.  This mans case is very extreme.  It has been plaguing him for over 17 years and started after a chlmydia infection.  His Story of disappointment with the western medical system and its lack of treatment and knowledge is both sad and inspiring.  He is outspoken so I hope he brings his story to the world, so that all can learn from his experience.  I have asked him to share and he says he will, and I will post it for all to see.  Please, if you have a story like this one, please comment here or on my forums, or email me so that we can all start dialogue and raise awareness about this silent agony so many men live with.

Last week at the American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, a new study reported that in vitro fertilization and embryo development in an animal model, were decreased following exposure of sperm to most lubricants specifically developed for trying to conceive couples.

I have seen men with anti sperm antibodies have children, and the place to start usually is IUI (as recommended by Canadian RE's). There is some evidence that the washing of the sperm 'shakes-off' antibodies, so it is definitely worth a few tries (especially after a TCM course of treatment) before jumping into IVF/ICSI.

There are many genetic reasons for male infertility, and many are still being discovered.  The fact that many of these can be passed down to our offspring puts a new responsibility on people wishing to become parents.  Epigenetics is a new area of genetic science that studies how lifestyle affects the way our genes express themselves in our lives.  Yes, this means that the way we live our lives effects whether or not certain genetic factors will manifest or not.  Conclusion; live a healthy life and reduce the incidence of genetic disease.  The following are just a few male genetic causes of infertility.