Dysmenorrhea is considered abnormal when it makes a woman unable to live, work, take medicine, or have pain for many days in a row. Dysmenorrhea with menstrual cramps is not uncommon, especially in young women. Short, mild pain usually doesn’t matter, but when menstrual pain is accompanied by severe cramps, it can signal a problem […]
Many men with testicular atrophy due to mumps complications still have a chance to have children with micro-TESE. Doctor Ngo Dinh Trieu Vy, Reproductive Support Center of Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, said that azoospermia due to spermatogenic damage is still one of the challenges in the treatment of male infertility. […]
People with Klinefelter syndrome (excess of female chromosomes) have hypogonadism, poor spermatogenesis or no spermatogenesis, can not have children naturally. Doctor Dinh Huu Viet, Head of Surgery – Urology and Andrology, Hanoi Hospital of Andrology and Infertility, said that Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder in males, the patient has a pair of sex chromosomes. […]
After an orchiectomy, men are at risk of loss of muscle strength, osteoporosis, decreased sex drive, and even loss of fertility. Orchiectomy is a procedure performed to remove one or both testicles of a man. This procedure is usually done to treat or prevent prostate cancer from spreading. In addition, orchiectomy is indicated in patients […]
The odds of getting pregnant are lower when having sex on the days of your period, but that doesn’t mean you can’t conceive during this time. Conception occurs when the male sperm meets the female egg. Ovulation is when a woman’s ovaries release an egg ready for fertilization. When a woman’s ovaries are released, the […]
Increasing exercise, adjusting a diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables will help men significantly improve sperm count. Sperm count is the average number of sperms present in a semen sample. Doctors will evaluate sperm count during a semen analysis and consider it an important factor in determining male fertility. According to the Health […]
The HPV virus can make it difficult for women to conceive, increase the risk of miscarriage, and interfere with sperm motility in men. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name for the most common group of viruses that are primarily sexually transmitted. In the US, up to 80% of people have HPV at some point in […]
With unexplained infertility, the treatment plan is often based on clinical experience and some guesswork. Treatment usually starts with recommendations for lifestyle changes and continues with trying to conceive naturally for 6 months to a year. If unsuccessful, the patient can be given some fertility drugs and undergo intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization […]
Being overweight or underweight can both make it harder to get pregnant, as excess or lack of fat can cause an imbalance of reproductive hormones. Difficult to conceive because of obesity Obesity is a common cause of fertility problems in women. Obese people often have difficulty getting pregnant because they don’t ovulate regularly, so they […]
I have no sperm due to both Klinefelter syndrome and AZFc deletion. If my husband and I do IVF, is the probability of success high? (Minh Hieu, Hai Phong) Reply: With the development of current science, especially at the Center for Reproductive Support at Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (IVFTA-HCM), the […]