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Female Infertility Overview

There are many different types of female infertility and quite a few female infertility issues are relatively easy to treat.

The female reproductive system is a sensitive, delicate structure which can be affected by small changes in your body and lifestyle. For example, a regular 28 day cycle woman may find that her menstrual cycle (period) is delayed due to an overload of stress.

Some of the main causes of female infertility are explained here, but it is advisable to get a medical diagnosis and commence treatment as soon as possible.

Causes Of Female Infertility

Female infertility can be caused by medical factors, age or lifestyle factors.

Medical Causes of Female Infertility:

Ovulation Disorders

Does the maturation of the eggs and ovulation occur in a normal way?

If the woman has a regular period of 25-35 days it is most likely that the maturation of the egg and ovulation are normal. An ultrasound scan will confirm a normal growth of the follicle. You can also estimate the time of ovulation with urine tests at home (the LH test). If needed, blood tests are done to confirm that ovulation occurs (serum progesterone one week after ovulation).

Ovulation Disorders are one of the common causes of female infertility. Some women experience irregular ovulation (oligoovulation) and some may experience no ovulation (anovulation).

Some of the main reasons for ovulation disorders are:

• Ovarian failure
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome, PCOS
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Excessive exercise, stress, and anorexia
• Luteal Phase Defect

Additionally eggs will need to have the right shape, health and chromosomes to develop into a healthy embryo and baby.

Is the anatomy of the female reproductive organs normal, that is, are the uterus and the fallopian tubes healthy?

Tubal Disease

Tubal disease/tubal patency used to be confirmed by laparoscopy or hysterosalpingography (radiological examination with contrast medium). These methods can still be used in certain special cases, but normally the first examination entails an ultrasound scan combined with hydrosonography or salpingosonography (SSG).

If the fallopian tubes are blocked the female infertility treatment of choice is in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Some of the most common causes for damaged fallopian tubes are:

• Infectious diseases (for example chlamydia)
• Endometriosis
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Surgical operations on the ovaries and the fallopian tubes

Female infertility can also be caused by both age and lifestyle factors.

Lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, caffeine intake, recreational drug use, weight issues (underweight or overweight) and stress are amongst some which can affect female fertility.

Female fertility also declines with age.

Clinica Fertia Infertility Clinic | Costa del Sol Spain

Clínica Fertia is an Infertility Clinic, which specialises in the research and treatment of female and male infertility. Individual and tailored programs are carried out in an efficient, yet caring, manner for each couple.

Specialist Scandinavian knowledge in the field of modern techniques to treat infertility is employed at our clinic. A range of infertility treatments to treat female infertility are offered at our Infertility Clinic, in Spain, in the Costa del Sol.