INFERTILE MEN

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SERUM AND SEMINAL PLASMA IN INFERTILE MEN IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF LAHORE, PUNJAB

Authors

  • Jahangir Sultan Continental Medical College, Lahore
  • Shafqat Husnain Khan Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
  • Fatima Rashid Continental Medical College, Lahore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2016.23.03.1472

Keywords:

Azoospermia, Normozoopermic, male infertility, seminal zinc, seminal Cadmium, seminal lead

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare the level of trace
elements Zinc, Cadmium and lead in seminal plasma and serum of infertile men to the fertile
ones. Period: June 2014 to August 2015. Setting: Pathology Department of Continental Medical
Lahore, attached with Ch. Rehmat Ali Memorial Trust teaching Hospital Methods: A total of 400
samples of workers working in different factories for a period of 5 or more years were collected.
Out of theses 80 were azoospermic. The relationship of trace elements in serum and seminal
plasma of infertile men was compared with the normospermic individual controls. Results: The
concentration of trace elements Pb and Cd was higher in seminal plasma and serum of infertile
individuals while Zn level was lower. So it is suggested that high levels of Pb and Cd may affect
the fertility and Zn is a crucial element for sperms and fertility in men.

Author Biographies

Jahangir Sultan, Continental Medical College, Lahore

Associate professor, Department
of Pathology, Chemical section

Shafqat Husnain Khan, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar

M. Phil (Microbiology) Scholar,
IBMS, 

Fatima Rashid, Continental Medical College, Lahore

Assistant Professor, Department of
pathology, Histopathology Section,

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Published

2016-03-10

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 03 (2016): Vol. 23 No. 03

Section

Articles