Infertility and associated data

• April 29, 2024

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after a year of trying, or the impossibility of carrying pregnancies to term. Currently, this problem affects 1 in 6 couples of reproductive age in the United States-approximately 10 million people. And in an area like Washington, where many couples Defer decisions on procreation Until your professional goals have been met, the figure of 1 in 6 is probably conservative. However, it is rarely discussed, and even less is understood.

Every day 10.9 million women in the United States take the contraceptive pill. In China, a woman with more than 3 children is considered an enemy of the state. In India, population experts fear that the country may end the century with four times more people, the huge nation has resorted to vasectomy and cash prizes to prevent pregnancy.

Although infertility can affect people of all social classes, the poor, without children usually have neither the time nor the money to undergo a long series of tests to determine the cause of the problem. There may also be differences in a person's willingness to endure many sacrifices to reach your goal. For these reasons, the inability to conceive and have children, seems to be a problem of middle and high class .

Men, after years of enjoying what they consider a healthy sexuality, are surprised to learn that their sperm are too scarce in number or maybe not active enough for a conception. Women can suffer endometriosis, unknown in cultures where women marry very young, is frequent in American women over 30 years. Or women can be part of the 10.9 million who took the pill every day and suffer gynecological alterations that your doctor should have warned you.

A generation ago, before the current explosion of medical technology, many couples who could not have children were told that there was nothing wrong with them, either that everything was in their heads or that it was God's will. There was also the suggestion that they were not performing correctly in bed.

In fact, male impotence is the source of less than 5% of cases of male infertility, and the causes of impotence are very varied, from diabetes to perineal nerve injuries, among others.

Video Medicine: Beyond the Data -- Time for Public Health Action on Infertility (April 2024).