involuntary infertility

involuntary infertility

Sterility Gynecology The incapacity of a ♀ to bear a living child during the span of reproductive yrs; II may be due to anatomic reproductive tract abnormalities, malfunction of ovulation precluding conception, recurrent intrauterine loss of pregnancy, or specific diseases–eg, infections
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Estimation of the frequency of involuntary infertility on a nation-wide basis.
Effects of Nigella sativa L. seed oil on abnormal semen quality in infertile men: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Involuntary infertility and childlessness in resource-poor countries.
The work of a woman is to give birth to children: cultural constructions of infertility in Nigeria
The percentage of infertility, based on data collected in demographic surveys, in which voluntary and involuntary infertility cannot be distinguished even in the developed world, varies between different countries as well as gender, with the higher being in men, examples being >10% and 17% for Finland and 18% and >21% for Switzerland.
Prevalence of Infertility in a Cross Section of Pakistani Population

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