Author: Álvaro Vives

How is sperm quality assessed? Based on the standard values established by the World Health Organization (WHO), a sperm count above 15 million/ml falls within what is considered as the “normal” range; however, these values are not necessarily a guarantee of fertility. To check whether a person’s sperm is “healthy”, it is necessary to carry out some individualised tests, taking into account other constants such as motility, morphology, volume, pH, etc. The presence of infections and other diseases or genetic defects should also be ruled out. Therefore, such tests should always be performed by a professional. The problem is...