http://ijs.spermatology.org/index.php?journal=ijs&page=issue&op=feed International Journal of Spermatology 2021-07-12T16:49:24+03:00 Georgios Voulgaridis ijs@spermatology.org Open Journal Systems <p>IJS deals with the human Spermatology. Its purpose is the dissemination of the knowledge acquired from the study of human semen, throughout the World through the free access to this knowledge.</p> http://ijs.spermatology.org/index.php?journal=ijs&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=7 andro-test and Semen Self-Exam: their importance in prevention and in the diagnostic process 2021-07-12T16:49:24+03:00 Georgios Voulgaridis has@spermatology.org <p>The andro-test is the only semen analysis which describes the health condition of the male genital tract and the only one qualified for diagnostic purposes. The physiological values defined are used to evaluate the relative risk mainly of having a urogenital tract infection. This study assesses the importance of the andro-test and of the Semen Self-Exam in the preventive checkup of men and in the andrological diagnostic process. It is proven that in almost 9 out of 10 cases (87,68%), if at least one of the semen parameters is outside the physiological values, a microbe is detected in the semen sample in exam. Inversely, it is also proven that in 98,76% of the samples where a microbe was detected, at least one of the parameters of the andro-test was outside the physiological values.</p> 2020-06-14T00:00:00+03:00 ##submission.copyrightStatement##