MAR – TEST

• The patient should be healthy. A cold, and especially a high temperature, can affect the results of a semen analysis.
• Before submitting a semen sample for testing, the patient should abstain from sexual intercourse for 2 to 7 days (optimal 3-4 days, but not longer than 7 days)
  and from alcohol for 2 to 7 days (minimum 2 days).
• Antibiotic treatment can affect semen analysis results. Patients should wait at least two weeks after their last antibiotic dose.
• Semen cannot be transported and must be donated on site.

Semen must be collected in a STERILE container, through masturbation. Semen CANNOT be obtained through coitus interruptus or delivered in a condom.

This test detects IgG and IgA antisperm antibodies in semen. It can be used routinely in all patients or in cases of suspected immune-mediated infertility, for example, when poor sperm motility or clumping are detected on a general semen analysis.

Antisperm antibodies can:

– cause sperm to stick together

– cause their reduced viability and motility

– impair their ability to pass through cervical mucus

– inhibit the fusion of sperm with the egg.

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