First what is infertility? Infertility is defined as the
inability of married couples to be able to conceive after a year of having
open or unprotected sexual relations. The main reasons for infertility are
sperm dysfunction, tubal damage and ovulation problems. Both males and
females play a role in the problem of infertility. The female is responsible
for the problem forty percent of the time. The other cause is usually a
problem from the male who is responsible for forty percent of the cause for
a lack of conception in couples. Both male and female are jointly
responsible ten percent of the time and the other ten percent is caused by
unexplainable causes.
What is the Cause of Female Infertility?
The specific causes of infertility in women can be traced to
subfertility also known as infertility due to old age or old age infertility.
Other causes are abnormal menstrual patterns, blocked fallopian tubes, and
abnormal menstrual patterns. Endometriosis can also lead to infertility in
females. Endometriosis is a condition of the female uterus where cells from the
lining of the uterus unfortunately find their way to different locations in the
pelvic cavity other than the uterus. Other causes of infertility in females
include tissue growth in the uterus, immunological reactions to the male sperm,
uterine defects and cervical mucus defects.
What is the Cause of Male Infertility?
In males the causes of infertility range from drug abuse to
excessive heat in the testicles. Specifically, infertility in males is caused by
conditions like varicocele, which is caused by an enlarged vein that carries
excessive amounts of blood to the testicle causing the testicles to remain in a
continuously warm state. Drugs like cocaine and marijuana also affect male
fertility by inhibiting the production of good sperm. Use of these drugs causes
the sperm produced to be misshapen or bent and can affect the quality and
quantity of sperm produced. A sperm count smaller than twenty million sperm in a
millimeter of semen for every three to five milliliter of ejaculated male semen
is considered insufficient. Other problems could be reverse ejaculation in which
the male semen travels back into the male body instead of out of it, this is
known as retrograde ejaculation. Lastly the sperm duct being blocked may be a
root cause of infertility in men.
What to do When You Cannot Conceive
When there is an issue of infertility in a marriage or
between couples the first solution is having a diagnosis for the couple to
determine the specific causes of the infertility. After this has been done then
treatment can begin.
Medical solutions to infertility include hormone treatments
for women at fertility clinics. Fertility clinics have been quite successful in
treating infertility in women with women being able to conceive after aggressive
treatments. This method is usually quite beneficial for curing old age
infertility naturally.
A study of ovulation periods for the woman is also used to
treat infertility in females. Specialists advice that couples try conception
around this time for the best possible chances. For men who after diagnosis know
what the cause of infertility is, one form of treatment is usually using cool
packs to cool the testicles while surgery is used to eliminate the condition
caused by varicocele.
