Infertility Symptoms - Definitions

When a couple is unable to become pregnant after 12 months of unprotected intercourse, they are considered infertile. Infertility is the inability to have a baby.

Couples respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. Severe reactions occur more frequently among childless couples.

Infertile couples who’ve never had children 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.

Masculinity - The Male Element

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.

Frequent marijuana use and intake of prescription drugs like cimetidine, nitorfurantoin, and spironolactone may affected sperm count.

Being Female

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 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 Sensitive Causes

Healthy couples who have intercourse regularly and are below 30 years old have only a 25 to 30% chance a month of becoming pregnant. A woman’s fertility peak is during her 20s. Women above 35 years of age have a less than 10% chance of getting pregnant, and this declines as they get older.

More Non Age Related Causes

Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. The risk of infertility is also heightened because of the following factors:

* Having more than one sexual partner (high STD risk)
* Sexually transmitted infections
* PID history (pelvic inflammatory disease)
* Orchitis or epididymitis history in males
* Mumps in males
* Varicocele in males
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating problems among females
* Irregular menstrual cycles and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes

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