Infertility is a condition that can be treated if you and your partner are experiencing problems in conceiving. After you get informed of the factors contributing to infertility, and visit the doctor to determine if you are facing that problem, the next step is the treatment.
The longer a couple wait to undergo infertility treatment, the more complex procedures may be needed, entailing greater costs in many cases, such as when you and your partner decide for a vitro fertilization.
Because causes of fertility problems are related to both sexes, you need to know first who of you needs assistance. Approximately 50% of fertility problems are caused by female conditions, against approximately 40% male-related and 10% or less is from an unknown cause. However, in 25% of all couples, both partners experience a fertility problem.
Some of the most common causes leading to infertility periods are ovulatory dysfunction, endometriosis, tubal infertility, surgical infertility, low sperm count, impotence, repeated loss and previous miscarriages, immunological infertility, hormonal Infertility, unexplained infertility, tubal Ligation, health conditions, and other female and male causes.
Among the options to treat fertility problems, we can name the following:
* Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
This option has revolutionized the management of male infertility, consisting of a single sperm injected into the woman's egg, rather than just combined with the egg.
* Fertility Drugs
Both women and men can get their reproductive system back on track with these drugs, that can be use in conjunction with other fertility treatments.
• Artificial insemination
When sperm needs help getting to an egg, then placing a concentrated dose of sperm in a woman's uterus will improve the couple's chances of getting pregnant.
* Surgery
This option depends on the type of fertility problem, whether endometriosis, fibroids, blocked fallopian tubes, genetic defects, ovarian cysts, or others.
• Assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
This is the most costly of all the options treating fertility problems.
When a man has a low sperm count and a woman has ovulation problems or has been diagnosed with blocked fallopian tubes, there are a number of hi-tech assisted reproductive technologies to help with fertility problems.
These procedures include In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), ZIFT (a technique similar to IVF), Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) or GIFT, a method involving surgically removing of an egg from the ovary to combine it with sperm, and immediately placing it back with the sperm into the fallopian tube.
