Infertility Causes - Sex, Age & Lifestyle Factors
Symptoms from Infertility - Definitions
When a couple is unsuccessful at having a baby after 12 months of unprotected, regular intercourse, they are considered infertile. Infertility is defined as the inability to reproduce.
Couples respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. The news can be particularly hard on couples that are without children.
Infertile couples who’ve never had children 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
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.
Sperm count is greatly affected by certain factors like frequent marijuana use or intake of prescription medicine such as nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone.
The Woman Factor
Ovarian cysts, tumors, pelvic infection, hormonal imbalances, ovarian dysfunction, enometriosis, fallopian tube abnormalities, scarring from STD are some examples of “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 very important for couples to try having a baby for at least 12 months.
Age Influenced Factors
Healthy couples who have intercourse regularly and are below 30 years old have only a 25 to 30% chance a month of becoming pregnant. The peak of a woman’s fertility is in her 20s. Women above 35 years of age have a less than 10% chance of getting pregnant, and this declines as they get older.
Others Factors Not Related To Age
Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. Infertility may also be worsened by the following:
* Multiple sexual partners (higher possibility of getting STDs)
* Sexually transmitted infections
* Pelvic inflammatory disease history
* Males with history of orchitis or epididymitis
* Men who’ve suffered mumps before
* Male varicocle
* A history that includes exposure to DES
* Eating problems among females
* Anovulation and irregular menstruation
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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