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There are many causes and effects of infertility. First of all the psychological effects
must be emphasized, as it affects a couple's life and a family's harmony. Failure to conceive
and to give birth to a baby affects both partners' psychic very deeply, both emotionally and
rationally.
Both partners may go through states of insecurity, anxiety or even depression. The
stress and the frustrations caused by the situation affect all the aspects of a human life: inner
balance, harmony of a couple, relationship with one's own family and with the partner's
family, professional performance and development.
Causes
Failure to conceive shows major functional disorders in the body. In most cases,
infertility occurs as a result of one or several factors.
Women
Diabetes,
Obesity,
Autoimmune diseases,
Pituitary gland and hypothalamus disorders,
Thyroid gland disorders,
Men
Diabetes,
Obesity,
Pituitary gland and hypothalamus disorders,
Thyroid gland disorders,
Adrenals disorders,
Kidney and liver diseases,
Immature or prematurely aged sexual organs,
Genital apparatus infections,
Untreated or inappropriately treated infections by Chlamydia, Toxoplasma
Gondi, Gonorrhea, etc.,
Inappropriately treated childhood diseases – mumps,
Prostate or testicles function disorder (azoospermia, oligospermia),
Genital trauma,
Impotence, premature ejaculation,
Treatment by inappropriate synthetic hormones,
Alcohol abuse and drug consumption.
A healthy sexual education should include the information on the risks that may occur
when beginning the sexual life. Teenagers should be taught to deal with this aspect of their
life in a responsible manner, as a slight mistake may cause sterility to set in.
Men should avoid alcohol abuse and drug consumption, tight and uncomfortable
underwear, steroids and those medicines whose leaflet states that they may cause sterility.
Women should avoid coffee or alcohol abuse, drug consumption and they should use
barrier contraceptive methods in order to prevent abortion and its complications.
Both sexes must treat in good time any kind of infection or diseases of the genital or
urinary system. Where there are symptoms of a sexually transmitted disease, the patient must
follow appropriate treatment from the very first stages of the disease. Moreover, he or she
must undergo it until healing is confirmed by the specialist physician.
Treatment
In the other cases, disorders occur as a result of stress or psychical shocks undergone
by one of the partners. For women the connection between the function of the genital
apparatus and the psychical condition is very strong. Therefore it is the first system that gives
in under great stress.
Acupuncture and phytotherapy are acknowledged worldwide for their beneficial action
upon the human psychic as well as for the patients' emotional relaxation and balance.
Annihilating the causes of nerve tension, the secretion of serotonin (also called "the hormone
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