Patient's question:
After one year of marriage, the couple had always wanted a child but had never been successful. After a thorough examination at the hospital, they discovered they had immunological infertility. I want to know whether immunological infertility actually requires treatment?Doctor's answer:
Immune infertility is a form of infertility caused by autoimmune factors. The human immune system can relatively accurately distinguish between self and non-self substances, which is the primary defense mechanism to maintain the health of the body. Generally, autoimmune responses and reproductive system functions are independent, but interference from certain factors may lead to unwanted connections between them, resulting in the inability of the female to conceive. This immunological reason for a woman's inability to become pregnant is known as "immune infertility." Infertility is a vast group of diseases, although the ultimate outcomes of these conditions are the same, the causes are highly diverse, with over 150 different types, and immune infertility is just a small branch among them.