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Infertility - a common problem Part 1 (Teacher: Michael)
Infertility is a problem that affects something like one couple in every ten.
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about that. It is a remarkable figure. One out of every ten couples can't have a baby which they desperately want. There are
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to
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approximately 40 possible physical causes of infertility, although you could probably
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more if you looked hard enough.
Among women, the common problems are a failure of ovulation and a blockage of the fallopian tubes (often caused by some previous infection). Among men (who are just likely to
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the cause of infertility as their partners), the problems commonly include failure to produce spermatozoa in sufficient numbers, and a failure to produce spermatozoa of good enough quality. Those disorders can themselves
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traced back to other problems in many causes.
When a woman fails to ovulate, for example, the cause may
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a specific disorder such as endometriosis or a general complaint such as a sudden weight loss. When a man doesn't produce enough sperm, or produces sperm of an inferior quality, the basic cause may
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an old infection, such as mumps, or an accident. Of course, there can
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mechanical causes for infertility.
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