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Is Infertility on the Rise?
Sexually transmitted diseases, like chlamydia, which have harmful effects on the fertility status, are also on the rise. Chlamydia infection is usually silent, especially in women, as it occurs without symptoms. Untreated episodes can bring about Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), a condition that affects the fallopian tube, which is the meeting site for the egg and the sperm. Does that mean that men are spared? Hardly so. Untreated micro organic infections have a negative impact on sperm count and quality too.
Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals is known to play a role in bringing about infertility by impacting sperm count and quality deleteriously.
Skeptics wonder if an overdose of estrogen in certain food items is capable of bringing about feminization in men.
ART –Myth Busted
It is the norm for couples, who are unable to conceive naturally to seek help. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), including micro manipulative techniques, has helped to bring thousands of babies into this world. Approximately 6% of the world’s children are born through assisted measures. But have we ever pondered over the kind of progenies that a subfertile human is likely to bring forth into this world?
In the guise of promoting motherhood these ART clinics maybe sowing the seeds of subfertility / infertility in the future generations, the world over. The ultimate effect on the global fertility rate hence is almost predictable.
Take a break – Make a Baby
One of the easy options to counter subfertility is to ‘catch em young’ by remind young couples of the biological clock ticking away and by encouraging them to start a family early on in life. This will help them to have children naturally and will, altogether, do away with the need to go the ART way.
Providing career breaks for young women, and bestowing incentives on them, are motivating measures that can be implemented. Some countries, such as Scandinavia have instituted policies, while France has introduced a tax waiver of sorts.
We live in a strange, ‘make-believe’ world, where every problem has a solution, where there is a ‘pill for every ill’. There are several chemicals pervading the air we breathe and dissolved in the water and food we consume. The safety quotient associated with these chemicals is still not clear. Until such time when the uncertainties are ironed out, let us adopt precautionary measures by being wary of all the chemicals that we encounter every day, be they in the cosmetics, food or household solutions.
The emotional effects of childlessness can be profound. It would, therefore, be prudent for women to start a family while still young, instead of being overwhelmed by the clarion call for a ‘better’ life.
Source-Medindia
Dr. REEJA THARU/L
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