Fertility - Luciano Nardo
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Is infertility a disease?
Infertility is a disease. And very recently the World Health Organisation together with professional societies worldwide have confirmed that infertility is a disease. And as such, couples seeking fertility treatment should be treated as patients. So it is now affecting one in six couples trying to conceive. And there are fertility treatments that can overcome fertility as a disease. But of course, there will be circumstances such as for single women, same-sex couples, well em, embarking fertility treatment is not treating a disease. So we cannot generalise that all cases of infertility are a disease. But in most circumstances, when heterosexual couple is trying to conceive and they have not achieved the pregnancy, naturally, they will be treated as patients and the case will be guided as a disease.
Can infertility be treated?
Well, yeah, infertility can be treated and we know that can cause a significant amount of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty, and we appreciate how patients like yourself may feel when they're not able to conceive. It is very important in order to treat infertility successfully, that we investigate first the causes of infertility. So if you have a problem, then adequate investigations should be carried out, and infertility treatment is more likely to be successful if we have identified the cause of infertility. So we need to be sure that the technology and the knowledge we have in clinical practise today can be personalised to your specific problem so that your other of your fertility disease and can be overcome.
What can I do to protect my fertility?
It is a very good question. There are a few tips I can give you to protect your fertility, and there are a few things you need to know in order to protect your own fertility. So the first thing is make sure that you got a healthy lifestyle. You exercise, you don't use drugs, you drink in moderation and you don't smoke. These are all things that are in your own hands, and you can make a significant difference to your fertility potential by embracing a good lifestyle. There are other things that you need to know and that you can pick up and you can decide to discuss with a fertility specialist. So for instance, if you have a family history of early menopause, you don't need to wait long time to be investigated. If you're known to have an underlying medical problem that could potentially be linked to infertility, don't leave it too late. If you're over the age of 35 and you haven't yet made a decision by having your own child, you may want to consider to freeze your legs. So there are two different answers to your questions. One is, what can you do to protect your in fertility? And I've given you the tips for that. And the second one is, what can you do in order to ensure that your fertility is going to be protected in the longterm with assistance of physician? And in that case, I would say that you need to think about whether the underlying problems and whether you want to freeze your legs.