Open AccessRISK FACTORS AND CAUSES OF INFERTILITY
Author(s) -
Pooja Chand,
PG Tutor Obstetric,
Renuka Janjanam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/13533
Subject(s) - infertility , anorexia nervosa , pregnancy , medicine , sexual intercourse , fertility , female infertility , bulimia nervosa , eating disorders , obstetrics , gynecology , psychiatry , environmental health , biology , population , genetics
Infertility is the inability of a couple to achieve pregnancy over an average period of one year (in a woman under 35 years of age) or 6 months (in a woman above 35 years of age) despite adequate, regular (3-4 times per week), unprotected sexual intercourse. There are some risk factors that may give chances for infertility like Age, diabetes, eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia, excessive use of alcohol, exposure to environmental toxins, such as lead and pesticides, over exercising etc. Infertility may be caused by a number of different factors, either in the male or female reproductive systems. So therefore it is most important to identify the cause and treat the infertility for becoming fertile to a woman.