A diagnosis is made when conception does not occur during one calendar year, with regular sexual relations, without the use of contraceptives. Secondary infertility is also said when the first pregnancy resulted in miscarriage or surgical abortion.
Why does secondary infertility occur in women?
The causes of secondary infertility in women are quite diverse and numerous. Factors that directly affect the absence of pregnancy are:
- Hormonal failures. They appear in both excessive and inadequate production of hormones. As a result, fertilization is impossible.
- Age. It is known that with increasing age the opportunity to become pregnant and take out a healthy child is reduced.
- Inflammatory diseases of the organs of the reproductive system. This reason is, perhaps, the most common. Infertility, as a rule, causes inflammation in the cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes and even in the vagina.
- The presence of an abortion in an anamnesis is also the cause of secondary infertility in women. Often, after curettage there are inflammatory diseases, which in turn prevent the occurrence of pregnancy.
What are the causes of secondary infertility in men?
The main reasons for the development of secondary infertility in men are:
- Diseases of male reproductive organs, which lead to a decrease in the number of normal motile sperm in the ejaculate.
- Violation of the hormonal background.
- Biological incompatibility of sexual partners. It occurs quite rarely,
However, even those spouses who already have a child can be observed.
How can you cure secondary infertility?
Before treating secondary infertility, both partners undergo a thorough examination. So, women can not do without numerous tests for infection: mycoplasmosis , chlamydia, gonorrhea, ureaplasmosis . Also check the patency of the fallopian tubes.
Men also take tests for infection and make a spermogram. Only after the conducted researches appropriate treatment is appointed.