The cause of ‘unexplained infertility’ for 80% of couples trying to have a baby has been discovered by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast.
According to the report, around 1 million couples worldwide, undergo fertility treatments every year. Many of them are told that they have unexplained or idiopathic infertility, meaning doctors cannot seem to find anything wrong with either the male or female after analysis of sperm and fallopian tubes or uterus.
Professor Sheena Lewis from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s has found that around 80% of couples who are diagnosed with unexplained or idiopathic infertility have a known cause called high sperm DNA damage. The new trial can help these couples understand better treatment options, which will keep them from wasting their money, time, and emotions.
Lewis explained:
“The majority of couples experiencing problems with fertility are able to receive an explanation for their infertility. These causes range from low sperm count, poor sperm motility in the man to blocked falllopian tubes or endometriosis in the women. Once the causes for infertility have been established the appropriate course of assisted conception treatment can be undertaken.
"For almost one third of couples, until now, there has been no obvious cause for infertility and these couples are given the diagnosis of ‘unexplained fertility’. These couples often invest a lot of time and money in fertility treatments.... In our study we have now had a breakthrough which explains the cause of infertility for many of those couples. Now that we have found the cause of infertility for many of those couples suitable treatments can be tailored for them which will direct them straight to the best treatment and increase their chances of having a baby.”
The new evidence, which came from over 500 couples, and utilized the male fertility test called SpermComet™, is the most recent from a round of trials conducted by the well-known male fertility experts at Queen’s Centre for Public Health.
Lewis explained:
“The majority of couples experiencing problems with fertility are able to receive an explanation for their infertility. These causes range from low sperm count, poor sperm motility in the man to blocked falllopian tubes or endometriosis in the women. Once the causes for infertility have been established the appropriate course of assisted conception treatment can be undertaken.
"For almost one third of couples, until now, there has been no obvious cause for infertility and these couples are given the diagnosis of ‘unexplained fertility’. These couples often invest a lot of time and money in fertility treatments.... In our study we have now had a breakthrough which explains the cause of infertility for many of those couples. Now that we have found the cause of infertility for many of those couples suitable treatments can be tailored for them which will direct them straight to the best treatment and increase their chances of having a baby.”
The new evidence, which came from over 500 couples, and utilized the male fertility test called SpermComet™, is the most recent from a round of trials conducted by the well-known male fertility experts at Queen’s Centre for Public Health.
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