Table 2.
Results Comparison Before and After Therapy
| Parameters | Before treatment | 1 week after 1st serial therapy |
2 weeks after 2nd serial therapy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of seminal fluid (macroscopic) | |||
| Appearance | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| Liquefaction | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| Volume | 1.0* | 0.8* | 0.5* |
| pH | 8.0* | 8.0* | 7.7 |
| Viscosity | Normal | Normal | Normal |
| Analysis of sperm (microscopic) | |||
| Concentration | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Motility: | |||
| PR | 25* | 33 | 67 |
| NP | 0* | 33* | 0* |
| Immotile | 75* | 34* | 33* |
| Vitality | 28* | 40* | 40* |
| Morphology | 2* | 2* | 3 |
| Agglutination | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Leucocytes | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Erythrocytes | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Others | Negative | Negative | Positive (epithelial-cell) |
| HOS test | Positive | Positive | Positive |
| MAR test | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Fructose test | |||
| Diagnosis | Severe oligo-astheno-teratozoozpermia | Severe oligo-teratozoospermia | Severe oligo-teratozoospermia |
*
Abnormal results.
PR, progressive, NP, nonprogressive; HOS, hypo-osmotic; MAR, mixed antiglobulin reaction.