Infertility & Treatments

Question 1

infertility

Answer 1

failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months of more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse (in absence of known reason) in a couple who have never had a child

Question 2

primary infertility

Answer 2

couple never conceived

Question 3

secondary infertility

Answer 3

couple previously conceived although pregnancy may not have been successful

Question 4

endometriosis

Answer 4

presence of endometrial glands outside uterine cavity

Question 5

idiopathic causes of male infertility

Answer 5

most cases of low sperm count or quality

Question 6

varicocele causes of male infertility

Answer 6

associated reduced fertility

Question 7

obstructive causes of male infertility

Answer 7

to vas deferens

congenital absence, infection or vasectomy

Question 8

erectile difficulties causing male infertility

Answer 8

diabetes
spinal cord injury
psychosexual

Question 9

semen disorders causing male infertility

Answer 9

rare specific defects in sperm

Question 10

endocrine causes of male infertility

Answer 10

hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
testicular failure 
hyperprolactinaemia 
acromegaly
Cushing’s disease
hyper or hypothyroidism

Question 11

when would a hysteroscopy be performed?

Answer 11

only in cases where suspected or known endometrial pathology