Endometriosis

Infertility means inability to conceive after a year or so of trying or inability to stay pregnant. About 10 percent of American women experience infertility. Fertility may arise because of a man’s or woman’s problems. Let us discuss the causes of infertility in women.

The most frequent problem of female infertility may be due to problems with ovulation. Irregular or totally missing periods could signal that a woman is not ovulating normally.

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is frequently the culprit of female infertility. PCOS is the result of hormonal imbalance which can affect normal ovulation. Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is another condition which interferes with normal ovulation.

Here are listed some of the most usual causes of infertility among women:

PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) is an infection in reproductive organs (e.g. uterus, fallobian tubes, ovaries) or in pelvis.

Pelvic inflammatory disease is often caused by the same bacteria that cause also two sexually transmitted diseases – chlamydia and gonorrhea. In addition of infertility, the condition can be the cause of ectopic pregnancy.

• Surplus of male hormones, mainly testosterone, in ovaries is a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome.
• Endometriosis is also one of the most common causes of infertility. This is a condition where uterine lining is growing outside of the uterine cavity.
• Many venereal diseases.
• Problems of the ovary: Any imbalance of the five major hormones controlling the female reproductive system causes infertility.
• Abnormal adrenal or thyroid hormone levels may also cause problems in the ovaries.
• Problems of the immune system: Sometimes the women’s body destroys sperm mistaking it to be a foreign body.
• Failure to produce progesterone by the egg follicle. This dysfunction is known as luteal phase defect.
• Uterine fibroids: These are benign growths of muscle and tissue of the uterus.
• Variety of other different abnormalities in the uterus.
• Surgical complications: Scar tissue resulting from abdominal surgery can be a cause for infertility.
• Uterine muscle problems
• Cervical mucus issues.
• Age: Fertility will decrease with age. Fewer number of eggs is left and the quality of them may not be as good as used to be.
• Stress has been proved to be one factor that may decrease your fertility.
• Poor diet
• Athletic training.
• Both obesity and underweight can cause hormonal abnormalities causing infertility.
• Cigarettes: Countless number of studies have showed that smoking influence for fertility.
• Too much alcohol.
• Sexually transmitted infections.
• There are two types of ovarian cysts
• those that don’t affect for fertility and those that do. Cysts that may cause fertility issues are quite large, and in that case surgical operation might be wise.