Infertility, The Hidden & Major Causes in Men And Women!

What Can Cause Infertility In Men And Women?

Infertility is defined as,

the inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse. It affects over 5 million couples alone in the U. S. and many times more in the world. Because of unawareness of treatments, only 10% seek help from a professional specialist.

The diagnosis of infertility is usually given to couples who have been attempting to conceive for at least 1 year without success. Given below are the most common infertility causes and when you change those habits and your lifestyle, you will soon be on your way to becoming parents.

There are generally,

no signs or of infertility other than the fact that the woman is unable to become pregnant. Because of this most men and women who are infertile will never know until they decide they want to conceive.

Occasionally,

women who are infertile will have irregular menstrual cycles or very painful periods. Some women will become pregnant only to miscarry. This can also be one of the signs of infertility in women. If after undergoing a series of tests, you are diagnosed as being infertile you should look into an infertility

Treatment such as:

• 1. Medicines that promote ovulation, also known as fertility drugs. These include medications like Clomid, follicle-stimulating hormone, metformin, and bromocriptine.
• 2. Surgery; a type of surgery that is sometimes recommended for women who suffer from blockages or other problems involving the fallopian tubes.
• 3. Intrauterine insemination, also known as artificial insemination. This treatment is normally used in the case of male infertility, but it is often also used if there is a problem with the woman’s cervical mucus.

 

Which method will work best for you,

depends on the cause of your infertility. Finding the exact cause may take some time, especially if you never noticed any signs of infertility. It is natural to become frustrated and emotional during this process.

But it is easier for a woman to conceive when she is not under any stress, so try to relax and be patient while the doctors try to find the right infertility treatment to suit her specific condition.

Types of Infertility:

There are 2 types of infertility:

• Primary infertility: refers to couples who have not become pregnant after at least 1 year of having sex without using birth control methods.
• Secondary infertility: refers to couples who have been able to get pregnant at least once, but now are unable.

The main causes of infertility are ovulation disorders.

Finding the right infertility treatment can be a challenge. Things like living a healthy lifestyle and maintaining your optimum weight can help you to have a regular menstrual cycle and ovulate correctly. STDs or certain types of birth control may also contribute to infertility, so choose your method of birth control wisely.

Tests for signs of infertility may include:

• Regular measuring of body temperatures.
• Monitoring changes in cervical mucus.
• Blood tests.
• Biopsy of the uterine lining.
• Measurement of different hormones.
• Pelvic exam.

Here’re The Different Causes Of Infertility:

There are various reasons for infertility, we will recall some of them in this article And we’ll talk about other causes gradually and in detail in numerous articles in the future. Let’s start with some of them.

1. Low Immunity:

Malfunction of the immune system interferes with the reproductive processes including the inflammation of cells. These natural processes are vital for the preparation of ovulation, implantation of an embryo (malfunction of the immune system may cause abnormal endometrial lining), and production of sperm quality and quantity (Malfunction of the immune system may cause the antibody to attack his own sperm), etc.

How The Immune System Causes infertility?

A. Sperm Agglutination:

Sperm agglutination is a condition in which sperms clumping together due to infection or antibody reaction because of the immune system attacking the sperm thereby, reducing the sperm’s ability to fertilize the egg and increasing the risk of infection.

B. Testicular Injury:

Testicle injuries caused by whatever reason may increase the risk of the immune system attacking the man’s sperm due to inflammation and infection.

C. Testicular Cancer:

Testicular Cancer is defined as abnormal cell growth caused by an inability of the immune system to fail to regulate cell duplication, become cancerous in the testicle leading to poor sperm count and decreasing the risk of fertility.

Researchers believe men with a poor quality of sperm production are considered at high risk to develop testicle cancer than others who do not.

D. Antisperm Antibody:

The antibody is a chemical made by our body to help the immune system identify foreign invasions such as bacteria and viruses. In the case of an anti-sperm antibody, the immune system attacks the fetus and the sperm which interferes with sperm quality, movement, and sperm-cervical invasion resulting in increasing the risk of infertility for women and men alike.

E. Pyospermia:

Pyospermia is a condition in which high levels of white blood cell count exist in the sperm. It is caused by an infection of sexually transmitted disease somewhere in the body. Sometimes such infection may cause the immune system to recognize the sperm as an invader and kill it.

F. Antiphospholipid Antibody:

It is defined as a condition in which a class of protein attacks an early development of pregnancy.

G. Antinuclear Antibody:

The antinuclear antibody is an antibody directed against the contents of the cell nucleus leading to miscarriage caused by immunity disorder.

2. Ejaculation Causes Of Infertility:

Ejaculation is a natural process of the male reproductive organs, it is defined as the ejecting of semen from a penis in the final stage of sexual intercourse or sexual stimulation. It is a vital component and necessary step for natural conception.

A. Premature Ejaculation:

Premature Ejaculation is defined as persistent or recurrent ejaculation with minimal stimulation before, during, or shortly after vaginal penetration against the person’s wishes. Most men with premature ejaculation have a weak yang kidney leading to lower quality and quantity sperm count resulting in increasing the risk of infertility.

B. Delayed Ejaculation:

Delayed ejaculation is a medical condition in which a male is unable to ejaculate, either during intercourse or with manual stimulation in the presence of a partner. It is caused by psychological and physical problems including less interest in sex with his partner, sex is sinful, medication, and nerve damage to the spinal cord.

C. Retrograde Ejaculation:

Retrograde ejaculation is caused by abnormal function of the sphincter muscle at the base of the bladder. During the ejaculation, the sperm travel backward into the bladder instead to the open of the penis head causing infection to the reproductive organs, including the bladder thereby, no seminal fluid emerges from the penis head.

D. Anejaculation:

Anejaculation is defined as an inability to ejaculate caused by psychological or physical problems including sexual inhibition, nervous system malfunction, or medication.

3. Lifestyle Causes Of Infertility:

Many infertility cases are not a result of any type of genetic defect rather they are a result of the toxic environment we live in and the poor choices we make on a daily basis. You may not be able to overcome a genetic defect through natural remedies but you can certainly reverse lifestyle choices that are negatively impacting your reproductive health.

Some of the common lifestyle causes of infertility, which can be reversed, affecting men and women are:

I. Unhealthy Diet:

A.  Unsaturated Fat, And Trans Fat:

Intake of high levels of saturated fat and trans fat not only cause high levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream leading to heart disease and strokes but also decreases the liver in fat and protein metabolism and blood flow to the reproductive organs causing hormone imbalance resulting in disrupting the menstrual cycle in women and increasing the risk of erectile dysfunction in men.

B. Caffeine:

Moderate intake of caffeine does not causes either infertility or miscarry, but an overdose of caffeine liking drinking a lot of coffee will increase the risk of infertility and miscarry because caffeine is stimulant causing overproduction of certain hormones which affect ovulation and hamper conception.

C. Alcohol:

Moderate drinking helps to improve blood circulation to the reproductive organ leading to increasing the chance of fertility of men and women alike. Excessive drinking in women may increase the production of the hormone prolactin which interferes which ovulation leading to infertility.

In men, alcohol interferes with the production of testosterone leading to the low quality of sperm and sexual desire causing male infertility.

D. Biking:

Biking may cause scrotum problems including low sperm count. It is advisable for people who like to bike in the off-road mountain to take precautions to avoid swelling, pain, or damaging the reproductive system leading to infertility.

E. Exercise:

While rigid exercise reduces the chance of fertility because it interferes with the production of sperm and egg as well as decreasing the brain message to test and ovaries, moderate exercise improves it.

It not only decreases the blood flow to the reproductive organs but also signals the false message to the nervous system to divert all energy to organs other than the reproductive system disrupting the flow of qi in the abdomen and stopping ovulation resulting in increasing the risk of infertility.

F. Hot Bath and Sun Bath:

The male body temperature is important for sperm production, it only needs a temperature slightly below the core body temperature to interfere with the function of the reproductive system. Hot tubs, saunas, steam rooms, or working in a high heat environment may decrease the quality and quantity of sperm resulting in increasing the risk of infertility.

G. Herbs Abuse:

Some herbs may be helpful to improve fertility by establishing normal hormonal functioning, nourishing & toning the uterus, reducing stress, and relaxing the nervous system such as red clover, nettle leaves, dong, etc. Others may increase the risk of infertility.

H. Tight Underwear:

There may be no proof that underwear causes infertility, but researchers believe that tight cloth causes a high temperature, thereby reducing sperm production.

I. Overweight “Obesity”:

Substantial weight loss interferes with the production of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone which is vital for sperm development of an egg. Overweight or obesity affects hormone signals and increases the insulin levels leading to overproduction of male hormones from ovaries which interfere with ovaries in eggs releasing.

J. Drugs and Smoking:

Drugs are highly toxic and addictive, they are not only harmful to the nervous system and increase the risk of artery blockage and lung diseases, but also interferes with the natural processes of the reproductive system including hormone imbalance, low quality, and sperm count.

4. Psychological Causes of Infertility:

A. Slimness Effect:

The obsession with slimness at all cost may interfere with the production of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone which not only causes a delay or abnormal sperm and eggs development but also interferes with the primitive process of natural selection in the brain leading to the absence of period as blood redirected to other organs needs causing nutrients deficiency.

B. Failure to Conceive: 

Many couples after several tries to conceive but fail or just having a miscarriage, feel dramatic pressure and stress which causes hormone imbalance and interferes with the production of sperm in men and normal cycle in women resulting in increasing the risk of inability to conceive.

C. Stress:

Stress interferes with hormone production (increasing the secretion of adrenaline hormone that suppresses the production of progesterone which is necessary for the softening of the uterine lining for fertilized egg implantation) increasing the risk of the absence of ovulation leading to infertility in women. In men, it causes low sperm count and reduces the quality of sperm.

D. Depression:

Depression increases the production of certain hormones in the nervous system and the glands leading to hormone imbalance and interferes with the normal procedure of menstrual cycles in women and lowering sperm count in men, leading to infertility.

E. Medical Problem:

Some medications may have side effects leading to nervous tension and the risk of malfunction of some organs in the body such as hypertension medication has an effect on kidney function, causing psychological problems such as stress and anxiety.