Infertility Problem

Infertility problems are existent all over the world. Statistics for the global infertility cases stands at one couple in every seven. In America the numbers are slightly higher at one in every six couples. But the reality remains. Infertility is a major problem and though there are successes in the procedures and technologies to treat infertility, there are still 15% of the cases that are still deemed unknown. Fertility specialists are suspecting the limitations of the current testing technologies to detect any more causes of infertility. But many are also saying that the body is just too complex to be “boxed” in to some random tests and known methods for diagnosis. Time is still the number one determinant to the success of the fight with infertility problems.

50 percent of the time women are the root cause of infertility between couples with the man sharing 30 percent of probable cause. 30-40 percent of the time the burden of “fault” is shared between the man and the woman.

As men age, the impact of the added years is not associated to a man’s fertility or infertility. But for women, age plays a big role in her ability to conceive and get pregnant. Women 35 and up have a slimmer chance to get pregnant than women who are younger than that age threshold. When the age 35 is stretched further to 40-45 years, the chance for pregnancy gets even slimmer. The cause behind this consistent observation is not yet known but fertility specialist suspects it has got to do with the woman’s aging reproductive system and its inability to keep its needed “vitality” to maintain the optimum capacity to ovulate, fertilize and “grow” the embryo.

The infertility problem is magnified with the many risk factors that people tend to expose themselves to everyday. Examples of these are obesity, cigarette smoking, alcohol, drug abuse, infections from sexually transmitted disease (STD) and many more. These risks are commonly seen in younger and younger generations and this might worsen the current problems with fertility. Unless people will learn not to take for granted the gift of procreation, the problem will persist even in the midst of cutting edge treatment.

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