Male female infertility Diagnosis

There are a few diagnostic methods that can help your doctor to identify the infertility causes. After the doctor performs the initial fertility tests: medical history and physical exam he can continue with some particular diagnostic investigations depending on what he considers the infertility cause might be. Possible infertility causes can be classified as it follows: the female pelvic cavity (endometriosis, fibroids, uterine problems), the female endocrine system, cervical interactions, male reproductive tract. Dealing with an infertility diagnosis can be very difficult. It doesn’t matter if the infertility cause is of male or female nature, it is very important to fight against it as a team.

Female diagnosis

It is very important for a couple to learn as much as they can about infertility and all of its terminology. This way they can understand better what it’s happening with them and deal easily with the diagnosis and the infertility treatment. Further on we present the most important diagnoses for female infertility with a couple of information about their causes, symptoms and treatment. (LEARN MORE)

1) Anovulation means that the woman can’t ovulate (doesn’t release a mature egg from her ovary). The causes of anovulation are: age, hormonal imbalance, early menopause.

As symptoms we can note: extended menstrual cycle or absence of menstruation, abnormal BBT (basal body temperature). Sometimes anovulation can occur without symptoms. The treatment for anovulation is various: it can begin with simple methods like drug therapy and finish with surgical procedures. Examples of treatments: IVF (in vitro fertilization), donor eggs, ovulation induced with drugs.

Male diagnosis

If the diagnosis hasn’t been established yet, the best thing you should do is to look for information about the infertility cause. If you know the diagnosis already try to find out as many information as you can about it because it is very important to understand what you are dealing with and what are your treatment options. Further on we present the most important diagnoses for male infertility with a couple of information about their causes, symptoms and treatment. (LEARN MORE)

1) Bilateral absence of the vas deferens. The tube that connects the place where the sperm is stored (epididymis) to the tube that releases the sperm called urethra represents the vas deferens. The sperm flows trough this vas, into urethra and outside the body through the penis. Men which don’t have vas deferens have a fertility problem because the sperm remain blocked in the testicles not being able to reach the urethra. This disease is congenital that is it exists at birth. The main symptom of this condition is the total absence of sperm in the semen. Another symptom is the inability to conceive. A surgical operation can’t resolve the absence of the vas deferens but there are other ways to extract the sperm from the body such as testicular biopsy or microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration. After the sperm are extracted an assisted reproductive treatment like IVF or ICSI should be taken into consideration.

2) Hyperprolactinemia represents the increased production of prolactin (the hormone that produces milk after pregnancy) which causes the suppress of ovulation. A high level of prolactin can cause sexual dysfunction on men. Hyperprolactinemia can be a symptom for hypothyroidism. Causes: disorders of the thyroid gland, high blood pressure medications, anti-nausea drugs, tumors on the pituitary glands, oral contraceptives.

Symptoms: visual disturbance, impotence, depression, fatigue.

Treatment: bromocriptine and surgery to remove tumors.