andro-test and Semen Self-Exam: their importance in prevention and in the diagnostic process

Abstract

The andro-test is the only semen analysis which describes the health condition of the male genital tract and the only one qualified for diagnostic purposes. The physiological values defined are used to evaluate the relative risk mainly of having a urogenital tract infection. This study assesses the importance of the andro-test and of the Semen Self-Exam in the preventive checkup of men and in the andrological diagnostic process. It is proven that in almost 9 out of 10 cases (87,68%), if at least one of the semen parameters is outside the physiological values, a microbe is detected in the semen sample in exam. Inversely, it is also proven that in 98,76% of the samples where a microbe was detected, at least one of the parameters of the andro-test was outside the physiological values.