Stress can be broadly defined as any external and internal events that affects an organism’s well being. In attempt to maintain homeostasis, the body will respond to the psychological stress by modifying physiological processes (Nargund, 2015). Psychological stress is a number of emotional events that interrupts homeostasis. The disruption of homeostasis can affect many biological systems, such as metabolism, vascular function, tissue repair, nervous system and reproductive system. Both emotional and physical stress can have a negative impact on human reproductive function (Cousineau, 2007; Jakobovits et al, 2002). Therefore, it is very important to know how to cope with stress when experiencing life events that are very stressful. My presentation …show more content…
Infertility can be curable through treatments, but going through infertility treatment can be very challenging. There are two factors that can cause an increase on stress level of someone who’s going through infertility treatment: cost and time. These two factors can add to the stress level of couple whose experiencing infertility. Stress or anxiety can negatively affect the treatment of infertility, and can put the pregnancy at risk. Also any before and after psychological illness may affect fertilization therapy. However, it is recommended to go through psychotherapeutic treatment while going through infertility treatment. There are many researches supporting this idea and a lot of focus on different psychotherapeutic interventions such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Another important factor regards the social support a patient gets from the partner, family and friends and the role that plays on reducing stress during infertility treatment. Researchers suggested that social support from partner, family and friends play a role on reducing infertility-related stress, also and couples with social support are more likely to go through infertility treatment successfully. However, partner support shows the greatest association with the overall findings for both men and women experiencing infertility (Martins, 2014; Greil at al.,
Infertility is the fundamental lacking of the ability to conceive a baby, and both men and women can have this problem. Dr. Clark, our guest speaker in class pointed out that approximately 30% of men and women are infertile, while 25% of infertility cannot be explain by science yet. Because of that, infertility is no longer considered as a lifestyle problem but a disease instead. According to Dr. Clark, one of the options for the infertility patients today is the use of stem cell therapies to treat infertility, and one of the recent popular stem cell therapies is reproductive cloning. Reproduction cloning is a process to “produce” a next generation of “you” through somatic cell nuclear transfer. In my paper, I will argue that
At the microscopic level, emotional stress is paramount for the body's chemical response by providing strength and stamina. However, it is compounded by sustained periods of unresolved stress at the physiological level; the state worsens to become almost permanently established. This makes changes to rapidly take place within the reproductive system of both male and female causing an irregular menstrual cycles or frigidity in women and stress during the pregnancy period; this can result in the baby to become prone to asthma as well as, other allergies, while lowers the sperm count or impotence in men. In microscopic level, the emotional stress affects the reproductive system of
Infertility has become so widespread today that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized it as a disease (World Health Organization 2009). In developed countries, approximately 15% of the population is infertile (Petraglia, Serour & Chapron 2013), and infertility in females alone accounts for 37% of these causes (Unuane et al. 2011). Over the past decade, efficient techniques aimed at treating infertility have become widely available throughout the developed world and have been the subject of public discussion and media attention. These range from non-invasive techniques such as the use of fertility drugs aimed at hormonal stimulation, to more invasive techniques such as laparoscopy or intrauterine insemination. In the midst of increasing
According to the Department of Health and Human Services (2005), approximately 10% to 15% of couples would experience infertility in some form. Infertility occurs when a couple tries to have children without any success (Chandra, 2005). Though most cases of infertility can be attributed to physiological factors in one or both partners, it still has a psychological impact on the relationship. The psychological and mental effects of fertility are present in both men and women, but there are options to help a couple get through it.
This article "Ten-Year Retrospective Study on the Efficacy of a Manual Physical Therapy to Treat Female Infertility" is discussing the processes that patients are undergoing to treat infertility. Infertility has affected a wide variety of women in the U.S and the diagnostics are the causes. In this article it explains the effects of the understudy and the process in according to their diagnosis. There are many contributes to infertility such as blockages and hormonal imbalances. Patients diagnosed with more than one condition are also documented for the analysis. The diagnosis of the infertility patients were blocked tubes, endometriosis,
Infertility carry’s a “silent stigma” as it has no visible outward physical signs; therefore it is important that nurses are mindful of the vocabulary and assumptions they make when working with childless female clients. Gray et al. (2014) acknowledged that nurses are uniquely situated to assist with the emotional and psychological effects of treatment, as they are often the primary contact for patients undergoing infertility treatments. Nurses can assist these women is by facilitating the access to trained psychological counselors; counselling services have been found to improve quality of life, and decrease symptoms of depression for women undergoing infertility treatments (Gray et al., 2014). In addition, it is important that nurses take
Infertility is a medical diagnosis that affects millions of couples each year. This medical diagnosis has been around for centuries. Reasons for infertility range from simple issues to more complex with both partners being affected. Around 1980’s medical procedures began in the Unites States for treatment. Since then there has been major advancement in infertility (Infertility United States, 1982).
With new technology evolving, many couples and single adults who are told they are infertile are now able to pursue their dreams of becoming a parent with the help of donor insemination and in vitro fertilization. Within the next five to ten years after I earn my college degree and become stable enough to provide for a child, I would like to have children of my own. With these great advancements in reproductive technology, doctors can help me overcome many obstacles that I may face in the future when trying to conceive a child.
The Treatments Available to Help Infertile Couples Have Children For many people the purpose of marriage is procreation. However for some people this is difficult. One in ten women have problems conceiving children today in Britain and two million people are infertile. Infertility is when a man or women is unable to conceive a baby.
problem. As it turns out, about one and every three cases of infertility are due to the
A hormone therapy is a new way of medical treatment for balancing the hormones or use of hormones for the treatment. This treatment is used both for men and women. This medical invention has turned the many life back on track. This therapy is popular among the treating females. As the turning age, we start losing the essential elements from the body which cause the development factor low. Hormone therapy is used in many diseases but the popular disease is the breast cancers, and most importantly infertility both in men and women.
As focused on before, postponing pregnancy can results in infertility risks. For women, increasing age is associated with infertility because “older women have a higher risk of producing eggs with abnormal chromosome numbers, leading to miscarriages and an increased risk of having a child with a chromosome abnormality, such as Down syndrome. Another cause of infertility in women is hormone levels. If estrogen levels are too low, ovulation will not occur. Thus, there is no stimulation of another hormone, called lutenizing hormone (LH). Another cause of infertility in women is ovarian problems. Damage to the ovaries caused by surgery, inflammation, autoimmune disease, infection or the presence of ovarian cysts can prevent egg maturation or release.
If infertility does not increase the rate than I do believe both individual insurance and group health insurance companies should offer infertility coverage. Infertility does not classify as a preexisting condition only pregnancy there for there should not be any penalty to those who are having fertility issues and wants to have insurance that will help cover some of the infertility expenses.
Infertility affects millions of married couples around the world, and at least 40 percent of infertility is attributable to male factor infertility. The prognosis for male infertility treatment is extremely poor, and only 15 percent of infertile men can be treated. Occupational exposure represents the highest level of exposure to chemicals that could potentially produce adverse effects on the reproductive system via inhalation, skin absorption, or ingestion. Thousands of chemicals exist in the workplace; there is limited or no toxicological information available for many industrial chemicals. Furthermore, even for compounds for which there is toxicological testing data, the data often do not include assessment on reproductive and developmental
infertility can be treated with various methods. There are a number of tests to be done to determine the reason of infertility and based on results, doctors can determine the treatment to solve the problem. During the process, not only women are physically and emotionally effected, but also the partner. In this paper we will find out how infertility in women are treated and how are they