Every woman dreams of a healthy and full-fledged family. However, more and more often in family couples there is such a problem as infertility. For many women, hearing such a diagnosis from a doctor is equated with a sentence for life. In many cases, such a diagnosis is not at all definitive. When is it worth talking about infertility, and what are the signs of real infertility?
Signs of infertility in women
Hormonal signs
The hormonal signs include all the diseases of the reproductive organs that have arisen because of a hormonal failure. It can be polycystic ovary , the absence of menstruation or irregular cycle, which does not cause the maturation of the egg and there is no ovulation. The cause may also be a decreased level of hormones in the body and a number of similar diseases.
Pipe signs
Poor patency of the fallopian tubes, or the absence of it at all, leads to the fact that the fertilized egg can not make its way into the uterine cavity.
Uterine signs
Uteral indications of infertility arise when a fetal egg can not attach to the wall of the uterus because of scarring or anatomical features, as well as after abortion.
Psychogenic signs
The obsessive desire of a woman to become pregnant includes the reverse process in her body, and the coveted pregnancy does not come. About 25% of all infertile couples have completely healthy reproductive organs and processes in their body, and yet can not become pregnant.
Signs without a diagnosis - when should you worry?
Often a woman has not one, but several causes of infertility, which can be eliminated with properly prescribed treatment. The main signs of infertility in girls is the absence of menstruation. The first signs of infertility in women can be suspected if the woman has a regular sexual life for 12 months, and the pregnancy does not occur.
Suspicion of infertility - what to do?
Next, a woman should go to a women's consultation to go through all the necessary tests and find out the main reasons.
Analyzes for infertility in women:
- tests for hormones;
- Ultrasound of all organs of the small pelvis;
- tests for infection;
- examination of patency of the fallopian tubes (X-ray of the fallopian tubes, ultrasound technique, laparoscopy);
- Hysteroscopy in infertility allows you to study the entire uterine cavity.
Diagnosis of infertility in women makes it possible to establish the cause of infertility and prescribe appropriate treatment.
Absolute or complete infertility is a very rare phenomenon, therefore, practically every couple has a hope of conceiving and bearing a child naturally or by IVF method.