Infertility- Recent Facts
Infertility occurs when a couple was unable to get conceive even after having regular unsafe sex. It may be a problem with any one of the partner to get conceive. It also includes woman who was not able to have full term pregnancy. It is mostly defined as without the use birth control for 12 months with regular sexual interactions and after all the couple is not conceiving. Around 10 percent of woman around the world aged 15-44 are evaluated to have complications in getting conceive or to remain pregnant. These kind of fertility problem was experienced by 8-12 percent couples in worldwide. Age plays a major role in the ability to conceive which begins to fall about 32 years of age. Some risk factors like smoking, consuming alcohol, obesity, eating disorder, lack of proper diet and exercise, some sexually transmitted infections, exposure to any chemicals and mental stress these are also the reason for infertility in humans. These factors causes miscarriage, infertility in both men and women, affects the chances of conceiving, affects female ovulation and sperm production in male.
- Female infertility
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Current generation of diagnostic tests
- Advancements in reproductive endocrinology
- Fertility and assisted reproduction