Infertility – Sex, Age and Lifestyle Factors
Symptoms of Infertility – Definitions
A couple is infertile when they are unable to have a baby after 12 months of regular and unprotected intercourse. Infertility is the incapacity to reproduce.
Members of the couple react differently after being diagnosed to be infertile. Extreme reactions are most noted in couples that are childless.
Infertile couples who’ve never had children are classified under primary infertility.
On another note, couples who classify under secondary infertility are those who have had a baby before but are now having trouble getting pregnant once more.
Maleness
A number of factors, both physical and emotional, can trigger infertility.
Male-exclusive factors such as low sperm count, retrograde ejaculation, scarring from sexually transmitted diseases, hormone deficiency, and impotence, make up around 30-40% of infertility cases.
Frequent marijuana use and intake of prescription drugs like cimetidine, nitorfurantoin, and spironolactone may affected sperm count.
Femaleness
Ovulation dysfunction, fallopian tube abnormality, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, scarring from STDs, hormonal imbalances, pelvic infection, poor nutrition, and tumors are just some of these “female factors.” These make up between 40 and 50 % of infertility problems among couples.
Around 10 to 30% of infertility cases are attributed to risk factors from both male and female and other unknown causes.
It is estimated that just 10 to 20% of couples fail to conceive after a year. It is very crucial for couples to contine trying to have a baby at least for 12 months.
Age-Related Factors
Healthy couples who have intercourse regularly and are below 30 years old have only a 25 to 30% chance a month of becoming pregnant. The peak of a woman’s fertility is in her 20s. Women above 35 years of age have a less than 10% chance of getting pregnant, and this declines as they get older.
More Non Age Related Causes
Infertility is not solely blamed on age-related factors. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:
* Multiple sexual partners (higher possibility of getting STDs)
* STDs
* PID history (pelvic inflammatory disease)
* Men with epididymitis or orchitis history
* Males who’ve had mumps
* Abnormal vein enlargement in scrotum
* Health background citing exposure to DES (both male and female)
* Eating and food disorders among females
* Irregular menstruation and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Defects of the uterus (myomas) or blockage of the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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February 27 2010 07:18 pm | Uncategorized
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