Patient's question:
Why do infertility and sterility occur?Doctor's answer:
Hello, the factors or causes are as follows:(1) Menstrual disorders:
1. Changes in the menstrual cycle: Early or delayed menstruation;
2. Changes in menstrual volume: Excessive or insufficient menstrual flow;
3. Extended menstrual period: Common in luteal phase deficiency and endometrial inflammation.
(2) Amenorrhea: No menstruation by the age of 18; or consecutive menstrual cessation exceeding 6 months after menstruation begins. A significant number of infertility cases are caused by amenorrhea. The latter can be classified into uterine, ovarian, pituitary, or hypothalamic types based on the affected site.
(3) Dysmenorrhea: Menstrual pain may occur when conditions such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammation, uterine fibroids, uterine malformation, or abnormal uterine position are present.
(4) Symptoms before and after menstruation: Some women experience cyclical symptoms such as "breast tenderness before menstruation," "headache during menstruation," "diarrhea during menstruation," "edema during menstruation," "fever during menstruation," "oral candidiasis during menstruation," "facial acne before menstruation," "urticaria during menstruation," or "depression or irritability during menstruation." These symptoms are often caused by endocrine disorders and luteal dysfunction, which can lead to infertility.
(5) Abnormal leukorrhea: Leukorrhea may increase in amount, turn yellow, have an odor, resemble curd-like or watery discharge, or be accompanied by external genital itching or pain when conditions such as vaginitis, cervical inflammation (cervical erosion), endometritis, adnexitis, pelvic inflammation, or sexually transmitted diseases are present. These conditions can also affect fertility to varying degrees.
(6) Abdominal pain: Chronic lower abdominal or bilateral abdominal or lumbosacral pain may occur when conditions such as pelvic inflammation, uterine myitis, ovarian inflammation, endometriosis, or tumors of the uterus or ovaries are present.
(7) Galactorrhea: Milk discharge from the breasts without lactation, either spontaneously or after manual compression, often suggests hypothalamic dysfunction, pituitary tumors, prolactinomas, primary hypothyroidism, chronic renal failure, or may be caused by birth control pills or antihypertensive drugs such as reserpine. Galactorrhea often occurs alongside amenorrhea, leading to infertility.
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