INFERTILITY

INFERTILITY - Information , Symptoms, Causes And Treatment of INFERTILITY

Infertility is generally defined as not being able to get pregnant despite trying for one year. In other sense, we can say that infertility means-not being able to carry to pregnancy to term and are unable to produce a baby.

Symptoms of INFERTILITY

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Causes of INFERTILITY

• Age : Infertile increases with age. In one study, for example, less than 5% of women under the age of 20, 10% of the women between the ages of 20 and 30, and 15% of those between the ages of 30 and 35 were infertile. Fertility dropped dramatically around the age of 35, and as many as 25% to 30% of women older than 35 were infertile.
• In normal case Pregnancy follows through a chain of event. For this to occur, the women must release an egg from one of her overies, that process is known as ovulation. Then the egg must travel through the fallopian tube towards her uterus, that is the womb.
• Stress : This can affect ovulation. After having one child, a couple's "workload" and exhaustion level can increase enormously.
• In case of men the infertility occurs due to problem in making sperms or in getting the sperm to reach the egg. Problems with sperm may exists from birth or develop later in life due to illness or the injury. In some cases, men produces no sperm or they produce to little number of sperms.

Treatment of INFERTILITY

Treatment of infertility depends on the cause, the duration of the problem, the age of the partners and their specific wishes. Some causes of infertility can't be corrected. However, various means of insemination or embryo transfer may be possible so that a woman can still become pregnant.

Most of the infertility cases are treated with drugs or surgery. There are various fertility drugs which may be used for women suffering with ovulation problems. Depending on the type of fertility drug and the dosage of the drug used, multiple births such as twins can occur in some women.

If necessary, the surgery can be done to repair damage to a woman's ovaries fallopian tubes or uterus. Man's infertility problem can be corrected by surgery. Nowadays, Assisted reproductive Technology (ART) is also used to help infertile couples. It chiefly consists of In Vitro-fertilization, Gamete intra--fallopian transfer or Zygote intra0fallopian transfer.

Prevention of INFERTILITY