Abstract:
Male infertility is a common problem in Red Sea State , Sudan . In the majority the cause is previous exposure to venereal diseases , and in some cases there is no known cause of infertility . This study aimed to asses the sperm count and the plasma levels of fertility hormones among menwith history of infertility in Red Sea State ,Sudan.
Across-sectional study was conducted in Port Sudan Teaching Hospital, Red Sea State , Sudan, during the period from March 2012 to March 2014 , 150 married men with a complain of infertility were assessed for the analysis of plasma levels of fertility hormones and the sperm count , along with 94 apparently health proven fathers as a control group. The test group and the control group were matched for age . SPSS was used for analysis of data . The data was compared using student’s ‟t” test and Pearson's correlation was used for assessment of correlation between different variables.
This results showed that the mean of the sperm count of the test group was significantly reduced compared with that of the control group , ( p = 0.000). The study showed a significant increase in the means of plasma levels of Follicle stimulating hormone , Luteinizing hormone and prolactin of the test group compared to control group , ( p = 0.000) . There is no significant difference between plasma levels of Testosterone of the test group and control group ( p = 0.100) . The results of present study showed no significant correlations between plasma levels of Follicle stimulating hormone , Luteinizing hormone and prolactin hormone with Testosterone , and also no significant correlation between plasma levels of Prolactin and Testosterone to the sperm count. A significant correlations of the Follicle stimulating hormone and Luteinizing hormone to the Sperm count.
The present data indicate that among infertile men in Red Sea State , the sperm count is significantly reduced ,whereas the plasma levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone and Prolactin are significantly increased. Plasma levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Luteinizing Hormone have a significant positive correlations with the sperm count .
