In the UK the numbers are a whopping one in six couples have a hard time conceiving. (Leonard) The United States numbers are sitting at one in six as well. (Pittman) In India forty-five percent of couples have difficulties conceiving. (Ganeshan) Canada’s infertility rates, have doubled sense 1992. (Kirkey) As recorded by the National Survey of Family Growth, CDC, one in eight couples worldwide have complications conceiving. With numbers as these it can be considered that infertility is now an epidemic. With statistics, as high as these scientists and doctors now face the tough question, what is causing the rise in infertility? Much research is being done into environmental causes of infertility. Self-induced factors come into play as well, marijuana, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity. Some medications and steroids are also the cause of infertility. A few sexually transmitted diseases can also cause infertility. Age, especially for woman is an important factor in fertility. With all these causes that can come into to play, it is no surprise that fertility is as big of a problem as it
In the UK the numbers are a whopping one in six couples have a hard time conceiving. (Leonard) The United States numbers are sitting at one in six as well. (Pittman) In India forty-five percent of couples have difficulties conceiving. (Ganeshan) Canada’s infertility rates, have doubled sense 1992. (Kirkey) As recorded by the National Survey of Family Growth, CDC, one in eight couples worldwide have complications conceiving. With numbers as these it can be considered that infertility is now an epidemic. With statistics, as high as these scientists and doctors now face the tough question, what is causing the rise in infertility? Much research is being done into environmental causes of infertility. Self-induced factors come into play as well, marijuana, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity. Some medications and steroids are also the cause of infertility. A few sexually transmitted diseases can also cause infertility. Age, especially for woman is an important factor in fertility. With all these causes that can come into to play, it is no surprise that fertility is as big of a problem as it