Infertility Factors – Age, Sex & Other
Symptoms from Infertility – 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.
One or both partners have varying emotional reactions when they are diagnosed as 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
A number of factors, both physical and emotional, can 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.
Being Female
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 are the primary causes of 40 to 50 per cent of infertility cases.
Factors contributed by both individuals and unidentifiable factors are responsible for 10 to 30% of all infertility cases.
It is estimated that just 10 to 20% of couples fail to conceive after a year. It is essential for couples to keep trying to conceive for a year at the very least.
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. 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 Causes Not Age Related
Age-related factors are not the only causes of infertility. Infertility may also be worsened by the following:
* Having more than one sexual partner (high STD risk)
* STIs
* Pelvic inflammatory disease history
* Men with epididymitis or orchitis history
* Men who’ve suffered mumps before
* Abnormal vein enlargement in scrotum
* A history that includes exposure to DES
* Eating problems among females
* Irregular menstrual cycles and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Uterine problems or a blockage in the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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