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==Differentiating Infertility from Other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Infertility from Other Diseases== | ||
===Infertility=== | ===Infertility=== | ||
Reproductive endocrinologists, the doctors specializing in infertility, consider a couple to be infertile if: | Reproductive endocrinologists, the doctors specializing in infertility, consider a couple to be infertile if:<ref name="pmid2697833">{{cite journal| author=Wood JW| title=Fecundity and natural fertility in humans. | journal=Oxf Rev Reprod Biol | year= 1989 | volume= 11 | issue= | pages= 61-109 | pmid=2697833 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2697833 }}</ref> | ||
*The couple has not conceived after 12 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is under the age of 34 | *The couple has not conceived after 12 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is under the age of 34 | ||
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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
There are strict definitions of infertility used by many doctors. However, there are also similar terms, e.g. subfertility for a more benign condition and fecundity for the natural improbability to conceive.
Differentiating Infertility from Other Diseases
Infertility
Reproductive endocrinologists, the doctors specializing in infertility, consider a couple to be infertile if:[1]
- The couple has not conceived after 12 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is under the age of 34
- The couple has not conceived after 6 months of contraceptive-free intercourse if the female is over the age of 35 (declining egg quality of females over the age of 35 account for the age-based discrepancy as when to seek medical intervention)
- The female is incapable of carrying a pregnancy to term.
Subfertility
- A couple that has tried unsuccessfully to have a child for a year or more is said to be subfertile.
- The couple's fecundability rate is approximately 3-5%. Many of its causes are the same as those of infertility.
- Such causes could be endometriosis, or polycystic ovarian syndrome.
References
- ↑ Wood JW (1989). "Fecundity and natural fertility in humans". Oxf Rev Reprod Biol. 11: 61–109. PMID 2697833.