Infertility – Sex, Age And Lifestyle Factors
Infertility Symptoms - Definitions When a couple cannot have a baby after 12 months of regular and unprotected intercourse, they can be classified in...
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 incapacity to reproduce.
Couples respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. Severe reactions occur more frequently among childless couples.
Couple who are infertile and who’ve never had a baby are classified under primary infertility.
On another note, secondary infertility refers to the condition where couples who already succeeded in having a baby are finding problems conceiving again.
The Man Factor
A number of factors, both physical and emotional, can trigger 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.
Sperm count is greatly affected by certain factors like frequent marijuana use or intake of prescription medicine such as nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone.
The Female Factor
Ovarian cysts, tumors, pelvic infection, hormonal imbalances, ovarian dysfunction, enometriosis, fallopian tube abnormalities, scarring from STD are some examples of “female factors.” These are responsible for 40 to 50% of infertility in 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.
Age Influenced Factors
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. The peak of a woman’s fertility is in her 20s. The success rate for women aged 35 and over is less than 10%, and this even much lower for those older than 40.
More Non Age Related Causes
Factors related to age are not the sole reasons for infertility. Infertility may also be increased due to the following:
* Multiple sexual partners (higher possibility of getting STDs)
* Sexually transmitted diseases
* PID history (pelvic inflammatory disease)
* Men with epididymitis or orchitis history
* Men who’ve suffered mumps before
* Male varicocle
* Health background citing exposure to DES (both male and female)
* Eating disorders in females
* Anovulation and irregular menstruation
* Endometriosis
* Uterine problems or a blockage in the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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