To interpret a spermogram, you need to look at the concentration of sperm per milliliter. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) standards established in 2010, the threshold for infertility is a concentration below 15 million sperm per milliliter.
For contraceptive purposes, the threshold is significantly lower: to be considered effectively contraceptive, a man must have a sperm concentration of less than 1 million per milliliter—15 times below the infertility threshold (WHO, 2010).
In a nutshell:
- infertility threshold: fewer than 15 million spermatozoa per milliliter of semen
- contraceptive threshold: less than 1 million sperm per milliliter of semen
Unlike other methods, contraceptive methods that work before sperm production are regularly checked with semen analysis. This means we can closely monitor how well they work and how easily they can be reversed. This makes us more confident in using these reliable but less-known options.
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