Infertility

Q1: What is the main cause of infertility?

Answer:

Infertility is a medical condition in which a couple is not able to conceive a baby, it could be due to a medical condition that could be from anyone’s side in a couple. It could be a male who is not able to produce viable sperm or a female who is not able to produce ova or not able to provide a suitable environment for the nourishment of an embryo.

Q2: Can infertility be cured?

Answer:

Infertility is a medical condition that could be cured by medication or by surgery. Recent research has established that it is more often a lifestyle disease. So, yes in 80-95% of cases, it is curable.

Q3: Can infertile women have periods?

Answer:

Yes, infertile women can also have periods, but it is seen that the periods could be irregular, since it’s a complex phenomenon so we cannot just link it like with the periods.

Infertility could be explained as a problem in conceiving a baby by a couple, majorly caused by a medical issue faced by a person or both in the couple. A recent report published by the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) has suggested that approximately 10-14% of Indian couples face this issue.