Infertility Factors – Age, Sex & Other
Posted by man | Under Uncategorized Friday Feb 19, 2010Infertility Symptoms – Definitions
When a couple is unable to become pregnant after 12 months of unprotected intercourse, they are considered infertile. Infertility is the inability to have a baby.
One or both partners have varying emotional reactions when they are diagnosed as infertile. Severe reactions occur more frequently among childless couples.
Infertility, in couples that have never had a child, is referred to as 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
Various factors, both emotional and physical, can lead to 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.
The Woman Factor
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 the primary causes of 40 to 50 per cent of infertility cases.
Factors contributed by both individuals and unidentifiable factors are responsible for 10 to 30% of all 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 crucial that couples continue with their attempts at conception for 12 months, at the 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. Women in their 20s are at the peak of their fertility. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.
More Non Age Related Causes
Infertility is not solely blamed on age-related factors. Infertility may also be worsened by the following:
* Having had sex with more than one partner
* STIs
* Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) history
* Orchitis or epididymitis history in males
* Mumps in males
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating and food disorders among females
* Irregular menstruation and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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