Patient's question:
After one year of marriage, the couple had always wanted a child but had not 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 for maintaining the body's health. Generally, autoimmune and reproductive systems work independently, but interference from certain factors may lead to an unwanted connection between them, resulting in the inability of the female to conceive. This immunological reason for a woman's inability to become pregnant is termed "immune infertility." Infertility is a vast collection of diseases, although the final outcomes of these diseases are the same, the causes are diverse, with over 150 different types. Immune infertility is just a small branch among them.