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==Overview== | |||
Infertility is broadly classified into primary and secondary, where primary infertility is seen in women who have never conceived and secondary infertility is the inability to conceive after a previous pregnancy. Infertility can also be classified based on etiology such as endocrine, metabolic, genetic etc | |||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
===Classification Based Upon History=== | ======Classification Based Upon History<ref name="pmid9922911">{{cite journal| author=Hull MG, Cahill DJ| title=Female infertility. | journal=Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am | year= 1998 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 851-76 | pmid=9922911 | doi=10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70044-x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9922911 }}</ref>====== | ||
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* Primary infertility also includes women conceived but have had regular miscarriages. | *It refers to couples who have never been able to conceive. | ||
*Primary infertility also includes women conceived but have had regular miscarriages. | |||
====Secondary infertility==== | ====Secondary infertility==== | ||
*It refers to difficulty conceiving after already having conceived and carried a normal pregnancy. Technically, secondary infertility is not present if there has been a change of partners. | |||
Other causes of infertility are [[male]] infertility, systemic medical illnesses and unexplained infertility. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sanjana Nethagani, M.B.B.S.[3]
Overview
Infertility is broadly classified into primary and secondary, where primary infertility is seen in women who have never conceived and secondary infertility is the inability to conceive after a previous pregnancy. Infertility can also be classified based on etiology such as endocrine, metabolic, genetic etc
Classification
Classification Based Upon History[1]
Primary infertility
- It refers to couples who have never been able to conceive.
- Primary infertility also includes women conceived but have had regular miscarriages.
Secondary infertility
- It refers to difficulty conceiving after already having conceived and carried a normal pregnancy. Technically, secondary infertility is not present if there has been a change of partners.
Other causes of infertility are male infertility, systemic medical illnesses and unexplained infertility.
References
- ↑ Hull MG, Cahill DJ (1998). "Female infertility". Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 27 (4): 851–76. doi:10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70044-x. PMID 9922911.