Symptoms of Infertility – 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.

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.

Masculinity – The Male Element

Various factors, both emotional and physical, can lead to infertility.

Around 30 to 40% of infertility cases in men are attributed to maleness factors like retrograde ejaculation, low sperm count, scarring from STDs, hormone problems, environmental pollutants, and others.

Frequent marijuana use and intake of prescription drugs like cimetidine, nitorfurantoin, and spironolactone may affected sperm count.

The Woman Factor

Scarring from STDs, hormonal imbalances, ovulation dysfunction, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, poor nutrition, pelvic infection, tumors, and fallopian tube abnormality are examples of “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 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.

Age-Related Factors

Healthy couples who are under 30 years old and have sex regularly have a 25 to 30% chance monthly of getting pregnant. The peak of a woman’s fertility is in her 20s. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.

Other Causes Not Age Related

It is not just age or its related factors that causes infertility. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:

* Multiple sexual partners (higher possibility of getting STDs)
* STDs
* History of pelvic inflammatory disease
* History of epididymitis or orchitis in men
* Mumps among men
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating disorders in females
* Irregular menstruation and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Uterine problems or a blockage in the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes

Other Useful Information

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