Infertility Symptoms – Sex, Age and Lifestyle Factors
Infertility Symptoms – Definitions
A couple is infertile when they are unable to have a baby after 12 months of regular and unprotected intercourse. Infertility is the incapacity to reproduce.
Members of the couple react differently after being diagnosed to be infertile. Extreme reactions are most noted in couples that 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.
Sperm count may be negatively influenced by marijuana abuse or use of prescription drugs, like cimetidine, spironolactone, and nitrofurantoin.
Being Female
Ovarian cysts, tumors, pelvic infection, hormonal imbalances, ovarian dysfunction, enometriosis, fallopian tube abnormalities, scarring from STD are some 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 estimated that just 10 to 20% of couples fail to conceive after a year. It is very important for couples to try having a baby for at least 12 months.
Age Influenced Factors
Healthy couples who have intercourse regularly and are below 30 years old have only a 25 to 30% chance a month of becoming pregnant. The peak of a woman’s fertility is 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.
More Non Age Related Causes
Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:
* Having had sex with more than one partner
* Sexually transmitted infections
* PID history (pelvic inflammatory disease)
* Males with history of orchitis or epididymitis
* Males who’ve had mumps
* Vein engorgement in the scrotum
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating disorders among women
* Anovulatory and irregular menstrual cycles
* Endometriosis
* A blockage in the cervix or uterine defects
* Long-term disease like diabetes
Other Useful Information
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