Infertlity – overview
Subfertility is defined by involuntary failure to conceive after a couple having unprotected intercourse for a year. Infertility can be either primary or secondary. The incidence of primary infertility affected at least 12% of couples. For diagnosis of infertility, coital history is essential and both partners should be investigated.
Primary infertility refers to a couple that never become pregnant after a year of unprotected sexual intercourse.
Secondary infertility means a couple have been pregnant at least once in their lifetime however have difficulty to become pregnant again.
Causes of infertility:
| Infertility factor | Type | Percentage |
| Female factor | Tubal problemAnovulationOther | 15%20%10% |
| Male factor | Ejaculation and erection dysfunction and reduce sperm quality | 40% |
| Unknown | IdiopathicSexual problem | 25%5% |
The total of causes are more than 100% because most of the time there is more than one factor that cause the infertility. Management of infertility is different for each problem. In severe case, assisted reproduction will be necessary.
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The causes of subfertility are quite complicated. Thanks for your chart, which is rather clear and easy to grasp the whole situation about infertility.
I cannot argue with that one… it is quite complicated! I’ve been considering this problem from the first moment we have thought about this blog. Medical problems and medical jargons are some times too much complicated even for doctors to understand.
I will try to simplify things as much as I can. That is one of the reasons why I don’t want to put too much informations in one page. I will write the details about each problems, however, judging from my rather limited time, it will take some time before I can manage to do that. Please bear with me. Sorry for the inconvenience.