Nowadays, around 12% of couples in the world are experiencing infertility issues. And if you and your spouse are one among them, you probably have an idea of how difficult it is to deal with infertility problems. Physicians dive into your medical history, previous medications, and sexual habits to judge your reproductive level. They conduct many tests to determine infertility. In the case of women, urologists examine the ovaries’ health through ultrasound.According to the research, fallopian tube blockage, ovulation issues, and sperm problems are the main cause of infertility in couples. The fertility of both male and females decline with increasing age. If you seriously want to conceive, you should start taking infertility treatment without wasting a minute. Fertility treatment is the right solution to fulfill your dream of conceiving. However, it might be quite confusing to decide where to start. Don’t panic. In this article, we have crafted a list of five key infertility treatments. You can navigate them to recede your stress level.
? Medication
If you have an ovulation problem, the reproductive endocrinologist first tries to solve it through medication. They recommend you the following drugs :
Clomiphene :
This drug is known as ovulatory stimulants. In the initial phase of infertility treatment physicians recommend women to take clomiphene drugs. It works similarly to estrogen; it causes ova to grow in ovaries.
Tamoxifen:
Many urologists prescribe Tamoxifen in lieu of Clomiphene to treat female infertility. Tamoxifen is more effective than Clomiphene.
Metformin
This drug is beneficial for females who have infertility because of PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome.)
- Gonadotropins
The Gonadotropin drug is composed of two hormones: follicle-stimulating and luteinizing. These hormones help to stimulate ovulation in females.
? Egg Freezing
Many women do not want to conceive at their young age. They decide to postpone their pregnancy because of their career or financial issues. As we already discussed, fertility in both men and women decreases with age. Due to this many females decide to opt for egg freezing (mature oocyte cryopreservation). It is the process of preserving mature eggs of women so that they can get pregnant in the future.
Egg freezing is the best option for women who suffer from chronic diseases like cancer, tumor, lung problems, etc., because the treatment for such disease can impact women’s fertility.
? Surgery
If injecting drugs is not proven effective in treating infertility, the urologist performs the following surgeries:
Fallopian Surgery
The blocked fallopian tube can pour water into your dream of getting pregnant. The physicians can repair your blocked fallopian tube through a surgical procedure.
Laparoscopic surgery
This kind of surgery is used to treat endometriosis in women. Endometriosis is the tissue that grows in the uterus and affects the fertility of women.
? AI & IUI
AI and IUI also boost the fertility of women. IUI (intrauterine insemination) and AI (artificial inseminations) are the same things. During this treatment, the doctor inserts the male’s sperm into the woman’s uterus when she ovulates the egg with the help of Special medical tools. AI and IUI are for those women who experience ?unreceptive cervical mucus.? In this condition, The cervical mucus does not allow the sperm to enter inside the uterus. Artificial insemination solves this problem and helps sperm to get inside the uterus.
? IVF
In vitro fertilization is the procedure that treats women who experience infertility due to genetic issues or do not have a fallopian tube. This treatment is quite different from surgeries and medication. During IVF procedure female?s egg is fertilized in the laboratory in lieu women?s uterus. The physician collects the mature egg from the female’s ovary and sperm from the male?s semen. And then, lab technicians fertilize the egg with the sperm and place it back in the woman’s uterus.
Apart from this, there are several clinics that offer assisted hatching. According to experts, hatching increases the pregnancy rate. Assisted hatching is performed on fertilized eggs. In this procedure, the lab analyst hatches the eggs with a special tool or laser.
The Bottom Line:
The urologist may recommend you one of the above treatments to increase your chances of conception.
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