Infertility Factors – Age, Sex & Other
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 the incapacity to procreate.
One or both partners have varying emotional reactions when they are diagnosed as infertile. Extreme reactions often come from couples who are childless.
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.
Masculinity – The Male Element
Various physical and emotional factors trigger 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 Female 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 from both male and female, including other unknown causes, make up 10 to 30% of infertility cases.
It is projected that just 10 to 20% fail to get pregnant after trying for one year. It is very crucial for couples to contine trying to have a baby at least for 12 months.
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. Women in their 20s are at the peak of their fertility. The likelihood of pregnancy for women above 35 years old is less than 10% each month, even less for those beyond 40 years old.
Other Causes Not Age Related
Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:
* Multiple sexual partners (higher possibility of getting STDs)
* STDs
* Pelvic inflammatory disease history
* Orchitis or epididymitis history in males
* Men who've suffered mumps before
* Male varicocle
* Health background citing exposure to DES (both male and female)
* Eating problems among females
* Anovulatory and irregular menstrual cycles
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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