Infertility

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Description

Infertility is defined as inability of a couple to achieve conception to have a child after at least one year of regular intercourse without contraceptive protection . According to the definition of health as he has been by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , infertility is a health disorder and should be addressed . Parenthood and family formation are considered right of every man. It is estimated that in our country one in five couples of reproductive age - around a 300,000 –presents with an infertility problem . It is important to stress that the term infertility refers equally to both men and women. Concerning the causes , 40% involved the male factor in 40% of the female and the remaining 20 % " responsible " both.

Regarding irregularities that cause male infertility , the main one being a varicocele , which is responsible for 37% of cases. Below are sperm abnormalities , dysfunction of the testicles, obstruction and cryptorchidism . The role of the physician attending the infertile couple is central , directs only the necessary examinations and provides therapeutic solutions respecting the time, effort and expense involved . Alongside shall remind them continually to endeavor to gain the child who crave the message of optimism nowadays stems from scientific knowledge and reality: the odds of following the modern diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures are on their side .

Treatment

Striving for the treatment of male infertility are difficult and in some cases causes frustrations . Usually the process takes time and the results do not appear immediately. You need to spend at least 3 months (1 spermatogenesis cycle ) after the completion of treatment to determine if it has improved the quality of sperm.

treatable Cause

Where there is a specific , treatable cause, the doctor recommends the same treatment . The treatment may be:

• Pharmaceuticals - in cases of inflammation , hormonal disorders or erectile dysfunction ( eg antibiotics , hormonal preparations , etc. )
• Surgery - in cases of obstruction ( blocked ducts opening of the genital tract )
• restoration varicocele

As long as the history of the wife allows it, the couple can then try to conceive naturally.

Idiopathic Infertility

If the doctor thinks that there is a potential for improvement, based on the personal history of the test, followed an empirical treatment . Regimens of this type usually involve administration antioexidotikon substances and hormones. If the treatment works, then the couple will have an improved chance of conceiving either naturally or with assisted manner.

Assisted Reproduction

In cases where , despite therapeutic measures , sperm quality remains low, offered the alternative of submission of the couple in Medically Assisted Reproduction techniques such as intrauterine insemination , the classic method of IVF or ICSI . New sophisticated methods today give substantial hope to infertile couples to have their own child . The recent two decades have been developed with cooperation sectors of Biology and Embryology modern method uptake sperm directly from the testis or epididymis , with microsurgical techniques in men with sperm problematic . These techniques , do not treat the cause of male infertility , but ' bypass ' the problem by providing the ability to couple to achieve fertilization , even when sperm quality is extremely low.