Frequency of infertile marriages fluctuates from 8 to 29 percent in all countries in the world and has no tendency to decrease.
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🇪🇺 In European countries 10 % of married couples are infertile
🇺🇸 in USA – from 8% to 15%
🇺🇦 In Ukraine more than 15%
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INFERTILITY – is a condition, when a woman doesn`t become pregnant for over a year (or for 6 months if the woman is more than 35 years old) of regular sexual life without usage of contraception.
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▫️ Primary infertility is considered if a woman had never been pregnant before
▫️ Secondary infertility is considered to be infertility if the woman had at least one pregnancy, regardless of the final result
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In order to treat infertility, it is very important quickly and correctly to define the reason. To do so, the spouses have to be tested.
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According to the statistics, 45% of infertile marriages are caused by female factor. Women`s infertility is more multi-faceted than the men`s.
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The main reasons of woman`s infertile factor are:
🔸 lack of ovulation
🔸 endocrine disruption, which leads to hormonal imbalance
🔸 blockage of fallopian tubes
🔸 endometriosis
🔸 adhesions in the pelvic organs
🔸 polycystic ovary syndrome
🔸 uterus pathology
🔸 semen allergic reaction
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Among points, mentioned above, there are additional, which are related to secondary infertility. They are:
🔺 gynecological surgery
🔺 abortion complications.
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I.V.F. specialist recommends to undergo such basic medical examinations, as:
✅ hormone examination
✅ determination of ovarian reserve by definition of the level of Anti-Mullerian Hormone and also count of antral follicles
✅ examination on a gynecological exam table with pap smear on cytology, flora and sexual transmitted infections
✅ digital colposcopy
✅ ultrasound examination of the pelvic organs, thyroid and mammary glands
✅ folliculometry is performed to determine the presence or absence of ovulation
✅ determination of uterine tubes patency.
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Based on the results of medical check –ups listed above, I.V.F. specialist can make a diagnosis or prescribe additional methods of examination which will depend on identified abnormalities
