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Infertility Facts
- Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system that impairs the ability to reproduce.
- The inability to have a child (impaired fecundity) affects 10-15% of women in the reproductive-age population.
- Infertility affects women and men equally.
- Twenty-five per cent of infertile couples have more than one factor that contributes to their infertility.
- In 40 per cent of infertile couples, the male partner is either the sole cause or a contributing cause of infertility.
- Irregular or abnormal ovulation accounts for approximately 25 per cent of all female infertility problems.
- Eighty to Ninety per cent of infertility cases are treated with conventional medical therapies such as medication or surgery.
- Assisted Reproduction Technology is vital for some patients (three to five per cent of infertility services).
- Ten to fifteen per cent of all infertile women are either weighing too little or too much.
- In women with body weight disorders it is possible to reverse their infertility by attaining and maintaining a healthy weight.
- Smoking decreases fertility in men and women.
- Smoking increases the miscarriage risk in pregnant women.
- Smoking causes or contributes to 10-15 per cent of female infertility.
- Chlamydia causes infertility.
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