Infertility Factors – Age, Sex & Other
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 respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. Extreme reactions often come from couples who are childless.
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.
The Man Factor
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 is greatly affected by certain factors like frequent marijuana use or intake of prescription medicine such as nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone.
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.
Around 10 to 30% of infertility cases are attributed to risk factors from both male and female and other unknown causes.
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 Influenced Factors
Healthy couples who are under 30 years old and have sex regularly have a 25 to 30% chance monthly of getting pregnant. A woman’s fertility peak is during her 20s. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.
More Non Age Related Causes
Infertility is not solely blamed on age-related factors. Infertility may also be worsened by the following:
* Having had sex with more than one partner
* Sexually transmitted diseases
* History of pelvic inflammatory disease
* Orchitis or epididymitis history in males
* Mumps among men
* Abnormal vein enlargement in scrotum
* Health history citing DES exposure (both sexes)
* Eating and food disorders among females
* Irregular menstrual cycles and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* A blockage in the cervix or uterine defects
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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