Symptoms of Infertility – Age, Sex and Lifestyle Factors
Infertility Symptoms – 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 have different reactions to the news of being infertile. Extreme reactions often come from couples who are childless.
Infertility in couples who've never born children is 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.
Maleness
Several emotional and physical factors can cause infertility.
Infertility cases in men, like low sperm count, retrograde ejaculation, scarring from sexually transmitted diseases, hormone deficiency, and impotence, make up approximately 30-40% of cases.
Intake of prescription drugs like nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone and even frequent marijuana use can negatively affect sperm count.
The Female 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.
Factors contributed by both individuals and unidentifiable factors are responsible for 10 to 30% of all infertility cases.
It is projected that only 10 to 20% of couples won't be able to get pregnant after one year. It is essential for couples to keep trying to conceive for a year at the very least.
Age Sensitive Causes
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. A woman is most fertile when she's in her 20s. The likelihood of pregnancy for women above 35 years old is less than 10% each month, even less for those beyond 40 years old.
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)
* STDs
* History of pelvic inflammatory disease
* Orchitis or epididymitis history in males
* Mumps in males
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* A history that includes exposure to DES
* Eating and food disorders among females
* Anovulation and irregular menstruation
* Endometriosis
* Defects of the uterus (myomas) or blockage of the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
Other Useful Information
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