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 the incapacity to procreate.
One or both partners have varying emotional reactions when they are diagnosed as infertile. The news can be particularly hard on couples that are without children.
Couple who are infertile and who've never had a baby are classified under primary infertility.
On another note, couples who classify under secondary infertility are those who have had a baby before but are now having trouble getting pregnant once more.
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.
Sperm count may be negatively influenced by marijuana abuse or use of prescription drugs, like cimetidine, spironolactone, and nitrofurantoin.
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 make up between 40 and 50 % of infertility problems among couples.
Factors contributed by both individuals and unidentifiable factors are responsible for 10 to 30% of all infertility cases.
It is projected that just 10 to 20% fail to get pregnant after trying for one year. It is crucial that couples continue with their attempts at conception for 12 months, at the least.
Age Influenced Factors
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.
Other Non Age-Related Factors
Infertility is not solely blamed on age-related factors. The risk of infertility is also heightened because of the following factors:
* Having more than one sexual partner (high STD risk)
* Sexually transmitted diseases
* PID history (pelvic inflammatory disease)
* Orchitis or epididymitis history in males
* Males who've had mumps
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* A history that includes exposure to DES
* Eating disorders among women
* Anovulation and irregular menstruation
* Endometriosis
* Defects of the uterus (myomas) or blockage of the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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