An Evidence-Based Case Series of Male Infertility (OAT Syndrome Associated with Hypospermia) Treated with Constitutional Medicine

Abstract

A major clinical problem that still affects 8 to 12% of couples globally, infertility and issues with diminished fecundity have long been a cause for worry. Approximately 35% of the cases of infertility result from deficiencies associated with male factor and as many as 2% of all men will exhibit suboptimal sperm parameters. Medical therapy includes the treatment of reversible endocrine or infectious causes of subfertility that may cause a variety of adverse effects. This study aimed to highlight the importance of employing homoeopathic constitutional medicine in the cases, caused by suboptimal seminal parameters (oligospermia, asthenospermia, teratospermia associated with hypospermia) due to non-specific causes. In this study, three males who had a poor seminal parameter visited the outpatient clinic. Their cases were recorded, appraised and analysed according to homoeopathic principles and repertorised using a complete repertory. Finally, each case received a constitutional medicine for prescription. Causal attribution of changes in their condition to the homoeopathic treatment was assessed by Modified Naranjo Criteria for Homoeopathy (MONARCH) inventory score. After a couple of months of medical care, a second semen analysis of the patients was performed. The reports revealed the improvement in the seminal variables. At the end, the values obtained were according to the 2010 World Health Organization standards. The outcome of the case series supports the clinical potency of constitutional treatment in homoeopathy in idiopathic infertile men. In future, randomised control trials with large sample sizes may be undertaken for validation of results.

Keywords

constitutional medicine - hypospermia - infertility - OAT syndrome - semen analysis

Publication History

Article published online:
14 November 2024

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