Female Infertility

Female Infertility

Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that impairs the ability to achieve pregnancy. Primary infertility is the inability to conceive a child after regular intercourse for at least 1 year. Secondary infertility occurs in couples who have previously been pregnant at least once, but are unable to achieve another pregnancy.

Infertility affects men and women equally. About one-third of the cases are due to a male factor, one-third to the female and the remaining to the combination of both partners. Causes of infertility include a wide range of physical as well as emotional factors.

For a woman to be fertile, her reproductive organs must be healthy and functional. To conceive a child, the ovaries must release healthy eggs regularly and her reproductive tract must allow the eggs and sperm to pass into her fallopian tubes for a possible union 50% of the infertile cases are due to a problem in the woman. The problem could either be a hormonal one or an anatomical one or a pathological one. The most common causes of female infertility are listed here and each one is linked to a very simple explanation of the causes, the symptoms, the diagnostic tests and the treatment modalities.
In addition we have filtered the hundreds of web sites on the related topics and have provided links to a select few.

1. Premature Ovarian Failure
2. Poly Cystic Oravian (PCO)
3. Endometriosis
4. Disorders of Fallopian Tube
5. Cervical Hostility
6. Hyperprolactinemia
7. Uterine Fibroids