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

Let’s explore what female infertility is all about

ByDr. Anubha Singh

Infertility is very common word in today’s time. According to a report there are about 20 million couples suffering from infertility in India. Now let’s talk about female infertility which means when a woman is unable to conceive despite trying from one year. There are various causes of female infertility; some are direct causes and some are indirect causes.

Direct causes of female infertility are listed below:

Blocked fallopian tubes: Fallopian tubes are needed for transmitting of eggs and sperms. The tube is usually wherein woman’s egg and man’s sperm meet up to get fertilization. When there is a blockage of the tube in one area or perhaps each side, natural pregnancy is not possible. Therefore all the vital fertility checks should be carried out by the infertility specialists to find out the real reason of fallopian tube blockage before starting any infertility treatment.

With IVF, it’s possible!

By Dr. Anubha Singh

There is a saying that a woman gets completed when she gives birth to a baby. Nowadays

having your own biological baby is getting difficult as lot of couples are facing infertility issues. Infertility has spread its wings all over the world. According to ICMR bulletin it is estimated that globally between 60-80 million couples suffer from infertility every year, of which probably between 15- 20 million are in India alone.

Sedentary lifestyles, so much of pollution, ease to junk food, stressed life are to be blame to infertility. Along with it fast paced life where young population runs to make their careers their priority and dreams to having a baby seem to have taken a back seat and people. Many a times we don’t know that these lifestyle issues severely affects our fertility and there by reduces the chances of conceiving naturally.