Tips to fight with male infertility

BPositive Magazine

By Dr. Anubha Singh 

Infertility as we all know is unable to conceive but being unable to make your wives pregnant is known as male infertility. Earlier infertility is considered as women’s problem but many researches have been done in the past which says that men are equally responsible for being infertile.  Today your profession and lifestyle plays a vital role in your fertility like if: 

• You sit on chairs for longer period of time as it can overheat your testicles  
• You place laptops over your lap for longer time; working laptops prompted a greater increase in scrotal temperature — around a 5 degrees Fahrenheit increase (or about 2.7 degrees Celsius) resulting in low sperm count and unhealthy sperm too  
• You wear too tight pants or under wears as it damages the testicles; causes low sperm count and can cause infertility in men  
• You are expose to pesticides or some industry toxins then also chances of catching up infertility are high  
• You smoke or drink too much alcohol  
• You had any past tumors or cancer,  
• And if you are stress which directly affects your fertility are few factors that contributes to male infertility 

So here are few essential tips for men to help to fighting infertility: 

1. Give up drinking and smoking: 

Even if you see a doctor he/she will give first advice to quit smoking and drinking as it badly affects the sperm count. The harmful ingredients in tobacco smoking can kill sperm cells. On the other hand alcohol does you no good either. If you consume too much alcohol then it can reduce libido and affect sperm quality not only this it also destroy the quality and structure of sperm too. 

2. Stay away from stress: 

Do away with stress from your life as it interferes with the sperm-producing hormones making it difficult to make your wife pregnant. To combat stress

What is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

By Dr. Anubha Singh

BPositive Magazine

Many a times a woman is diagnosed with problems such as PCOS, PCOD, blocked fallopian tubes etc for infertility, another new name intruding into the field of STD infertility is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). It is the next complicated stage of sexually transmitted disease (STD). PID refers to infection of the womb, fallopian tubes (tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the womb) and other reproductive organs, leading to infertility quandaries.     

Pelvic inflammatory disease develops when microorganisms, like bacteria infect female reproductive organs. Normally the Cervix (the lower part of the Uterus extending into the vagina) acts as a barrier to prevent the entry of disease-causing microorganisms into the inner reproductive organs. During certain disease conditions, the Cervix gets tainted facilitating the entry of microorganisms to the other parts, which might lead to PID.     

What are its causes:     

Although there are diverse grounds for being troubled by the disease, you can get PID through several ways like:  

• having sex with a person infected with Chlamydia (A sexually transmitted disease caused by an organism called Chlamydia trachomitis)  
• If women choose to have multiple sex partners and the ones who are in the right age cohort of conceiving are