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What is Infertility? |
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Inability to conceive with in one year of an unprotected intercourse or within 6 months if the woman is above 35 years of age. |
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How common is the problem of Infertility? |
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Infertility affects more than 80 million people worldwide. In our country the incidence of infertility is between 10-15% that is approximately 13-19 million couples |
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When should a couple seek an advice from the Doctor? |
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When a couple staying together are unable to conceive on having normal sexual life with out any contraception with in a year or earlier if the woman is older |
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Are both men & women are responsible for Infertility? |
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Female factor alone is responsible in 1/3rd of cases, male factor alone is responsible in 1/3 of cases & both male and female factors are responsible in 1/3 cases. Hence both wife and husband should visit the Doctor |
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What are the natural chances of conceiving for a normal couple? |
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A couple aged 25-30 yrs with a normal functioning reproductive system has 20-25% chance of conceiving in any given month |
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What are the factors attributed to the declining fertility rates in the present day scenario? |
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Nowadays, most of the women are showing greater interest in advanced education & are career oriented. So they have late marriages with more frequent divorce and other factors are delayed childbearing & increased use of contraception |
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What is your advice to modern day couples? |
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Fertility in women peaks between the ages of 20 & 24; decreases relatively little latter until after the age of 30 – 32 after which it rapidly declines. So try to marry before the age of 28 years. Follow healthy lifestyle habits, eat a well balanced diet, lead a stress free & happy life. Prove your fertility at the earliest and then use contraception. Enjoy being young parents. |
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Is it true that the male factor is on the rise? |
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Yes. Male factor is on the rise with more abnormalities in sperm production or function. This could be because of life style changes such as increased consumtion of tobacco in the form of smoking & gutka, wearing tight pants & undercloths, exposure to heat, chemicals, environmental pollution, ionizing radiation, extensive use of vehicles and stressful life |
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Why do couples worry to seek advice at the earliest? |
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The couples are usually afraid of facing the realistic picture. They worry about the expensive treatment modalities and the different investigations they may be subjected to. Normally 90 - 95% of couples can be treated successfully with simple inexpensive hormonal treatment, planned relations & Intrauterine insemination (IUI ). Only 5 -10% of couples require advanced ART procedures like IVF / ICSI to alleviate continuing infertility. |
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We do not have any medical problem. Then why are we are not conceiving? |
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This is called unexplained infertility where no cause is found in either of the couple. This is seen in 10 - 20% of infertile couples. Here ART procedures have got a role as they can overcome subtle unrecognized fertility defects at various levels. |
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What is the importance of HIV infection in the treatment of infertility? |
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We screen each & every couple for HIV so as to safe guard our lab, patients & ourselves from contacting the disease. All Donor samples are screened for HIV, other viral, medical & genetic diseases which are transmissible to the off spring. |
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Do we have to go for Donor insemination to conceive when my husband has only few sperms? |
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No. The introduction of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has rendered severe forms of male infertility amenable to treatment and further widened the scope of IVF. With the advent of ICSI ( where a few sperms are enough to fertilize the Oocyte), men with very low / no count ( few sperms should be available in Testes) can now dream of becoming genetic parents with their own sperm. |
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Why do women with irregular menstrual cycles often need the help of a fertility specialist to conceive? |
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Anovulation or the ovulatory factors account for about 25% of infertility. It can occur in the presence of hypothyroidism, hyperprolactinemia, pelvic adhesions, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian disease, hypothalamic or pituitary dysfunction, failing ovarian reserve & premature menopause, excessive weight gain or loss, physical exercise and extreme emotional stress. |
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