July 3rd, 2010 
admin 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. The news can be particularly hard on couples that are without children.
Infertility, in couples that have never had a child, is referred to as 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
Several emotional and physical factors can cause infertility.
Male-exclusive factors such as low sperm count, retrograde ejaculation, scarring from sexually transmitted diseases, hormone deficiency, and impotence, make up around 30-40% of infertility cases.
Intake of prescription drugs like nitrofurantoin, cimetidine and spironolactone and even frequent marijuana use can negatively affect sperm count.
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 comprise 40 to 50 % of infertility cases among couples.
Factors contributed by both individuals and unidentifiable factors are responsible for 10 to 30% of all infertility cases.
It has been found that a small number, just 10 to 20%, of couples fail to conceive after trying for a year. It is crucial that couples continue with their attempts at conception for 12 months, at the least.
Age-Related Factors
Healthy partners both below 30 years of age having intercourse regularly only have a 25 to 30% probability every month to become pregnant. The peak of a woman’s fertility is in her 20s. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.
Other reasons for not age related
Factors associated with age is not the sole cause of infertility. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:
* Having more than one sexual partner (high STD risk)
* STIs
* PID history (pelvic inflammatory disease)
* Males with history of orchitis or epididymitis
* Males who’ve had mumps
* Varicocele in males
* A health history including DES exposure (males and females)
* Eating and food disorders among females
* Irregular menstruation and anovulation
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes
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