Infertility Symptoms – Definitions

When a couple cannot have a baby after 12 months of regular and unprotected intercourse, they can be classified infertile. Infertility is the inability to have a baby.

Couples respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. Extreme reactions often come from couples who are childless.

Couple who are infertile and who’ve never had a baby are classified under 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.

Infertility cases in men, like low sperm count, retrograde ejaculation, scarring from sexually transmitted diseases, hormone deficiency, and impotence, make up approximately 30-40% of cases.

Sperm count may be negatively influenced by marijuana abuse or use of prescription drugs, like cimetidine, spironolactone, and nitrofurantoin.

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.

Factors from both male and female, including other unknown causes, make up 10 to 30% of infertility cases.

It has been found that a small number, just 10 to 20%, of couples fail to conceive after trying for a year. It is essential for couples to keep trying to conceive for a year at the very least.

Factors Related To Age

Couples who are healthy, are below 30 years old, and have intercourse frequently have just a 25 to 30 per cent chance a month of conceiving. A woman’s fertility peak is during her 20s. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.

Others Factors Not Related To Age

Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. Infertility may also be increased due to the following:

* Having had sex with more than one partner
* Sexually transmitted diseases
* History of pelvic inflammatory disease
* History of epididymitis or orchitis in men
* Mumps among men
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* Health history citing DES exposure (both sexes)
* Eating disorders among women
* Anovulation and irregular menstruation
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes

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