Diagnosed with Severe Oligospermia and Bilateral Varicocele Grade III

Dr. Joshitha Naik suggested that we discuss our case with Dr. Mahendra Jain (Urologist, a consultant in Lady Hospital, Jayanagar, Bangalore). Unfortunately, visiting him was a complete waste of time, effort and money. We, being the only patient for him to consult on a Saturday afternoon, were made to wait for 1.5 hours, that too after making several enquires. Upon his arrival, he did some physical examination and prescribed few medicines to cure Severe Oligospermia. He didn’t suggest any tests or scans. We googled about the drugs and they were nothing but energy pills and some vitamin supplements. We discarded his diagnosis and discussed it with Dr. Naik. She then gave reference of Dr. Ravish I R (Urologist, a consultant in Lucid Diagnostics, Jayanagar, Bangalore), also attached with Vikram Hospital, Millers Road, Bangalore. 


We visited Dr. Ravish in Sep’ 12 itself. He had a fair idea of what it might be leading to. He asked my DH to get a Scrotal Ultrasound done. The report concluded that the Severe Oligospermia could be a result of Bilateral Varicocele Grade III (the worst case). He suggested that a Varicocelectomy “might” fix the problem but post the procedure, my DH would need at least 1 month to recover from the incisions and sutures, and the testis would require another 3 months to produce fresh sperms normally. For your information, Lucid Diagnostics conduct all sorts of tests and scans; their consultant doctors are very professional and they value your time.


We weren't sure if going for this procedure was the first thing to do, so we decided to consult another specialist. This time we googled and discovered that St. John’s Hospital has really good and talented doctors in their panel. St John's might not be the cleanest hospital in town but it is worth going there for their talented faculty. We met up with Dr. A Nagaraj Rao (Professor & Head of Urology Department, St. John Medical College and Hospital, Koramangala, Bangalore). He turned out to be a very knowledgeable and experienced professional. He took a lot of time to go through each and every report we were carrying with us, confirmed that the diagnosis of Dr. Ravish I R was in fact correct, and result of conducting Varicocelectomy might not be successful. He explained the science of testis and how varicoceles impede the production of sperms. Apart from the procedure, he gave us two more options, Artifical Reproductive Technique (ART) and Ayurveda.