Do you know how hormones control a lot of things in your body? If your testosterone levels or other hormones aren’t quite right, your body might not be making enough sperm. It’s like the instructions to produce sperm get mixed up.
With this, Less sperm is produced, which can lower your chances of making a baby.

If you’ve had any infections, like an STI, it could mess with your sperm production or block the sperm from moving freely. It’s like a roadblock in your reproductive system.
This damages the tubes where sperm travels or causes inflammation, reducing the number of sperm.

Things like smoking, drinking a lot, or using drugs can hurt your sperm production. Even not eating well or sitting around too much can affect it.
These habits damage your sperm or slow down their production, making it harder to produce healthy sperm.

This damages the tubes where sperm travels or causes inflammation, reducing the number of sperm.

This is when the veins in your testicles get swollen, kind of like varicose veins in the legs. This happens to a lot of men and can stop blood from flowing properly down there.
This messes with sperm production, making fewer sperm.

Your testicles are meant to stay cooler than the rest of your body to make sperm. If they get too hot—like from sitting in a hot tub often, wearing tight underwear, or using a laptop on your lap—it can harm your sperm.
Too much heat can kill or damage sperm, which lowers your count.