Secondary
infertility
, incidentally, is no ‘old wives
tales’ but it is a common occurrence that few people try
to realize. What really happens is that most couples
believe that once they have got a child, the stork will
knock at their door whenever they ask for it. But the
reality tells a different story. For many couples, this
really happens. In fact often, the couple may have the
first child very easily, but they face a lot of problems
in trying to have the second one.
Unless
the symptoms of secondary
infertility are
totally removed through proper treatment, the
unfortunate couple can never see the face of another
child. In fact, it accounts for as much as 60% of
infertility cases in theUS. The truth
is that, it mostly gets unnoticed till people are tired
of trying to get another child and start blaming each
other for the ill-fated situation. To be precise, secondary infertility may be defined
as the disability or inability on part of the female to
conceive or continue another pregnancy to full term
after successfully conceiving one or more children.
According to the survey conducted by the National Center
for Health Statistics (1995 report), around 3.3 million
American women experienced secondary infertility which
proved worse than the 1988 record that indicated much
lesser females (2.7 million) who had suffered similar
fate.
The
worst part of the whole story involves medical
professionals not being exposed to specialized fertility
training that go on advising patients to keep on trying
for conception, little knowing that either of the
patients have fallen victim to secondary
infertility. It is not
that such encouragement all goes in vain because
miracles do happen among couples but under usual
circumstances, the results are generally
nil.
Nevertheless, the reasons for
secondary infertility tend to be similar to those
relating to the primary unproductiveness involving the
partners. The only difference being addition of new
factors like excessive weight gain, infection, heavy
drinking, lack of exercise and undue stress on part of
the male that result in low sperm count. With women, the
picture is a little more complex. She may have developed
ovulation problems at a later stage or has contracted
endometriosis. Pelvic adhesions and uterine fibroids or
polyps can also cause secondary infertility.
Alternatively, her egg quality might have deteriorated
with advancing age.
What
are the symptoms of secondary infertility?
Here are some of the symptoms of
secondary infertility – irregular painful periods,
unusually heavy or burning vaginal discharge, while the
male may experience low libido, difficult or painful
ejaculation and erectile dysfunction.
Although fertility enhancers can
temporarily solve the problem, without going deep into
it and curing infertility at the core level, but do keep
in mind that they also come with harmful side effects.
Alternative modes of treatment
,
administered according to guidelines provided through
the holistic approach will prove to be the best line of
treatment for secondary
infertility. This
includes acupuncture for both partners along with
Chinese herbs that have amazing effect on both primary
as well as secondary infertility.
The holistic
line of treatment also advocates non-invasive treatment
through Naturopathy, Aromatherapy, Homeopathy
and herbs in their original
form. Acupuncture is fast becoming an acceptable mode of
treatment in the United States for couples
suffering from secondary infertility
. It has proved to
be particularly effective when associated with proper
diet and regulated lifestyle free of tea, coffee or
cocoa, meat and fish, alcoholic beverages and spicy
food. Holistic approach towards cure of secondary
infertility also professes for simple living as close to
nature as possible and plenty of exercise. Actually the
holistic approach reaches deep into the body and tries
to identify the root causes and then does what is needed
to fix the real issues.
