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    Treating Infertility

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    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

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    Infertility And Marriage

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    The stress of infertility has the ability to impact a marriage. The couples talk about the negative and positive impact of the experience on their relationships. Open communication or lack thereof has the potential to strengthen or impact how the couples experience infertility alone and together. • Cohesion describes the couples need to stick together, be supportive and maintain an open line of communication in order to preserve the relationship during the experience of infertility. • Using Experience

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    Essay On Infertility

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    couples struggle with infertility within their lifetime. These struggles can be extremely difficult, but modern medicine offers many options for needing assistance in caring a baby to full term. Impaired fecundity is a condition related to infertility and refers to women who have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term (CDC, 2015). Females unfortunately have to address ovulation disorders when met with infertility issues. Although many assume that infertility issues are of a female

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    Infertility Essay

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    Infertility is the inability for a couple that is sexually active to become pregnant after twelve months of trying to conceive. This is a complex medical issue. A common mistake made about infertility is that it can occur in not only women but men as well and it is much more common amongst both men and woman. The causes of infertility can be range from environment or physical factors. Risk factors associated with infertility for both sexes include age, tobacco use, alcohol use, weight, and physical

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    Infertility is a heart-breaking condition, which affects about 15 percent of the population of those who are trying to conceive. Though the statistics vary, between 30-50 percent of these cases of fertility are due to the male. This can be because of damaged sperm, low semen volume, or difficulty maintaining an erection. Though infertility is more common in older males, it can happen to men of younger ages too. Many couples become so desperate to have a child that they turn to in vitro fertilization

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    couples is infertile or dealing with infertility problems in developing countries, and one third to one half of these cases result from male infertility"( Ethics for gene therapy). Blood test is what is used for measuring several factors that affect infertility (Salk Study). The question becomes can theses infertile people be parents? Based on many studies infertility can now be cured by gene therapy. There are many causes for male and female to be infertile. Infertility in men is when they are unable

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    Infertility Infertility happens more than people are aware of, and is an emotional rollercoaster for the couple going through the stressful situation. Many couples seek counseling because of the spiritual crisis they endure, and the questioning of life’s purpose (Romeiro, J. et.al, 2017). Six percent of couples trying to conceive for a year, without success, have to seek a reproductive endocrinologist, a specialist who manages infertility patients (Center for Disease Control, 2018). If the woman

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    Infertility is a condition usually diagnosed after a 12-month period of intercourse without conception when the female is under 34 (Poddar, Sanyal, & Mukherjee, 2014, p. 117). After 35, infertility can be diagnosed after a 6-month period of unsuccessful attempts at conception (Poddar et al., 2014, p. 118). The diagnosis of infertility can have detrimental effects on one’s psychological state. Studies suggest that infertility influences emotional, financial, physical, and psychological aspects of

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    Introduction – Infertility is the inability to conceive a pregnancy after 12 months of sexual intercourse, infertility can be caused by many factors; These include problems with the production of male and female gametes, the function of the reproductive systems and/or immune conditions. Individuals should seek help if they desire a child and have been trying for many months, usually after 12 months or longer (www.ivf.com.au/about-fertility/infertility-treatment, Virtus health 2016). Ovulation is

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    There are several ways to explain the increasing prevalence of infertility. The most controversial concern is the extend and/or duration of using contraceptives. In today’s society, it is typical for a woman to delay her first pregnancy until the third decade of life which place her at risk for STD’s, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and chronic anovulation. As a result, research has proven that

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