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Infertility - Sex, Age and Lifestyle Factors

Symptoms of Infertility - Definitions

When a couple is unsuccessful at having a baby after 12 months of unprotected, regular intercourse, they are considered infertile. Infertility is the inability to have a baby.

Couples respond in different ways after being told they are infertile. Severe reactions occur more frequently among childless couples.

Couple who are infertile and who’ve never had a baby are classified under primary infertility.

On the other hand, secondary infertility describes the condition wherein couples who have successfully become pregnant once are having difficulties in getting pregnant again.

The Male Factor

Various factors, both emotional and physical, can lead to 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.

The Woman Factor

Ovarian cysts, tumors, pelvic infection, hormonal imbalances, ovarian dysfunction, enometriosis, fallopian tube abnormalities, scarring from STD are some examples of “female factors.” These comprise 40 to 50 % of infertility cases among couples.

Around 10 to 30% of infertility cases are attributed to risk factors from both male and female and other unknown causes.

It has been found that a small number, just 10 to 20%, of couples fail to conceive after trying for a year. It is very crucial for couples to contine trying to have a baby at least for 12 months.

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. Women in their 20s are at the peak of their fertility. Pregnancy for women more than 35 years old is 10% less, even lower for those over 40.

Others Factors Not Related To Age

Infertility is not solely blamed on age-related factors. The following are also considered major risks to infertility:

* Having more than one sexual partner (high STD risk)
* Sexually transmitted diseases
* Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) history
* Men with epididymitis or orchitis history
* Mumps among men
* Varicocele in males
* A history that includes exposure to DES
* Eating problems among females
* Anovulation and irregular menstruation
* Endometriosis
* Problems with the uterus or the cervix
* Long-term disease like diabetes

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