What
are the common
causes of infertility –
let us try to understand this. Infertility could be of
two types – Primary and Secondary. While primary
infertility is a term that is used to describe a couple
that has never been able to produce a child till their
infertility could be cured, the secondary infertility
refers to the same couple who after having a child had
failed to produce another after some time. However, it
may be sensible to find out the causes of the first type
first, and then take up the second type later. Moreover,
we may have to look at the causes of infertility on part
of the male as also that on part of the female, though
they may be quite different from each other.
Causes
of infertility in
both the sexes comprise a wide range of physical as well
as emotional factors, some apparent, others embedded
deep inside. However, around 30 to 40% of male
infertility can be attributed to retrograde ejaculation,
hormone deficiency, impotence, scarring from sexually
transmitted diseases, decreased or poor sperm count and
emotional antipathy with the partner.
In
the case of females, infertility causes are numerous.
They comprise a multitude of factors that include the
age as female fertility begins to go down from age 27 at
a slow pace first and then at a galloping rate as she
crosses 35 or 40. Around 50 onward, a woman reaches her
menopausal stage when her reproductive system
automatically switches off.
What are the commonest causes of infertility?
One of the commonest causes of
infertility in females originate from PID or Pelvic Inflammatory Disease that comprise a wide array of infections
caused by an equal array of bacteria that affect her
reproductive organs, appendix as also part of the
intestine that lie in the pelvic area. Nevertheless, it
turns her infertile when her fallopian tubes are invaded
and blocked, halting the passage of egg to the uterus.
Medically termed Salpingitis, it proves to be major
cause of infertility in women.
Infertility in women is also caused
due to formation of uterine fibroids (submucosal uterine
fibroid) just under the lining of the uterine
cavity.
Infertility
in women is often caused due to Endometriosis in
which, the endometrial cells get deposited outside the
uterine cavity. The uterine cavity which is originally
lined by endometrial cells is generally subjected to
female hormones secreted by the woman, but in this case,
cells outside the uterus are also influenced by the same
hormone. This unusual state of affairs may eventually
turn the woman infertile.
Yet another common cause of
infertility in women is linked with Polycystic
Ovarian Syndrome that is associated with abnormally low
production of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) as a
result of which the follicle fails to produce a mature
egg for fertilization. Female infertility nevertheless,
is linked with Anovutation (lack of ovulation) as well
as a diminished ovarian egg reserve as she advances in
age. Incidentally, women are born with a finite number
of eggs or oocytes and with each successive year, the
reserve goes down.
How do bacterial infections prevent pregnancy
Inhospitable cervical mucus or an obstruction or restriction at the mouth of the uterus in a woman also renders her infertile. If the sperm is unable move through the mouth of the uterus either due to non-receptive cervical mucus or a restriction (stenos), then how can she conceive?And lastly, infection of the cervix
with a virus that include Chlamydia, Trichomonas,
Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealycitum, Gonorrhea
and others can also turn a woman infertile while ‘sperm
allergy’, if she is suffering from it, can easily rob
her fertility.
For successful treatment, it is essential that the common causes of infertility should be first analyzed and identified and then treated. And this is what holistic remedies do – having analyzed the real causes, holistic remedies suggest Chinese medications, exercise, diet, lifestyle changes, herbs and also acupuncture to resolve the issue. Conventional treatments on the other hand, just suggest assisted reproductive techniques that come with side effects and work in just about 33% of all cases. And because of this, holistic remedies work so much better to cure a person from his or her infertility problems.
