Antisperm Antibodies

ANTISPERM ANTIBODIES: Antibodies are produced by the immune system to fight off foreign substances, like bacteria. Antisperm antibodies attach themselves to sperm and inhibit their movement and ability to fertilize eggs.

Antisperm antibodies - An immune response that causes the body to attack, kill or immobilize sperm, or prevent sperm from binding to and fertilizing the egg. Both men and women can develop antibodies to sperm.

Antisperm Antibodies: Antibodies directed against sperm. If directed against the head of the sperm, they can interfere with normal fertilization.

Antisperm Antibodies
When antisperm antibodies are present, IUI is often the treatment of choice since the procedure avoids the cervical mucus, where the antibodies reside.

Antisperm Antibodies Test The role of antisperm antibodies in causing male infertility is controversial, since no one is sure how common or how serious this problem is.

Antisperm antibodies
antibodies that can attach to sperm and inhibit movement of sperm or fertilization
Artificial insemination (AI)
The process in which sperm is placed into the female reproductive tract for the purpose of producing a pregnancy.

Antisperm Antibodies
Antibodies produced by the immune system that mistake sperm for an invading substance and begin attacking them. These antibodies cause sperm to clump together, lose motility or lose the ability to fertilize an egg.

ANTISPERM ANTIBODIES- Antisperm antibodies attach themselves to the sperm and can inhibit movement. In men, these antibodies may be a response to injury or surgery to the testes when the blood-sperm barrier is broken.

Immunoglobulin G antisperm antibodies and prediction of spontaneous pregnancy.
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Antibody blood tests may be done to find antisperm antibodies in blood, semen, or vaginal fluids. Doctors question the value of antibody tests for finding the cause of infertility. For more information, see the medical test Antisperm Antibody Test.

Immunobead Binding Test - to detect antisperm antibodies.
ICI - Intracervical Insemination
Intracervical Insemination - artificial insemination where the sperm is deposited into the cervical canal.

Immunobead Binding Test (IBT) -- Used to detect antisperm antibodies.
Immunoglobulins -- Antibodies.
Immunosupressive Drug -- A drug that interferes with the normal immune response.

Immunological problems. A man may have antisperm antibodies (immune or protective proteins) which attack and destroy sperm
How is infertility diagnosed?

See also: Fertility, Infertility, Antibodies, Sperm, Ovulation