Infertility Symptoms – 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.
Couples have different reactions to the news of being infertile. Extreme reactions often come from couples who are childless.
Infertility, in couples that have never had a child, is referred to as primary infertility.
On the other hand, secondary infertility describes the condition wherein couples who have successfully become pregnant once are having difficulties in getting pregnant again.
The Male Factor
Several emotional and physical factors can cause infertility.
“Male factors” like hormone deficiency, low sperm count, impotence, retrograde ejaculation, environmental pollutants and scarring from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) cause roughly 30 to 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 are responsible for 40 to 50% of infertility in couples.
Risk factors contributed by both the male and the female, in addition to other unknown causes, comprise 10 to 30% of infertility cases.
It is projected that just 10 to 20% fail to get pregnant after trying for one year. It is very important for couples to try having a baby for at least 12 months.
Age Influenced Factors
Healthy partners both below 30 years of age having intercourse regularly only have a 25 to 30% probability every month to become pregnant. Women in their 20s are at the peak of their fertility. Women above 35 years of age have a less than 10% chance of getting pregnant, and this declines as they get older.
Other Non Age-Related Factors
Factors related to age are not the sole reasons for infertility. Infertility may also be increased due to the following:
* Multiple sex partners (increases risk for STD)
* STIs
* Pelvic inflammatory disease history
* Males with history of orchitis or epididymitis
* Men who’ve suffered mumps before
* Varicocele in males
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating problems among females
* Irregular menstrual cycles and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Uterine problems or a blockage in the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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