How cancer treatments affect fertility? Fertility problems for women from cancer or its treatment occur in 2 main ways: Damage to organs involved in reproduction, such as the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and cervix Damage to organs involved in hormone production, such as the ovaries The ovaries store a woman’s eggs. Damage to these organs can decrease the ovarian reserve. The ovarian reser ...

Prevention Some types of infertility aren't preventable. But several strategies may increase your chances of pregnancy. Couples Have regular intercourse several times around the time of ovulation for the highest pregnancy rate. Intercourse beginning at least five days before and until a day after ovulation improves your chances of getting pregnant. Ovulation usually occurs in the middle of the cy ...

Treatment A fertilized egg can't develop normally outside the uterus. To prevent life-threatening complications, the ectopic tissue needs to be removed. Depending on your symptoms and when the ectopic pregnancy is discovered, this may be done using medication, laparoscopic surgery or abdominal surgery. Medication An early ectopic pregnancy without unstable bleeding is most often treated with a me ...

What Is a Prolactinoma? Medically Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD on October 17, 2020 Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland at the base of your brain. It makes several different hormones, including one called prolactin. Prolactin affects the mammary glands and helps women make breast milk. Sometimes, a tumor grows on the pituitary gland and makes too much prolacti ...

Symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease Some women with pelvic inflammatory disease don’t have symptoms. For the women who do have symptoms, these can include: pain in the lower abdomen (the most common symptom) pain in the upper abdomen fever painful sex painful urination irregular bleeding increased or foul-smelling vaginal discharge tiredness Pelvic inflammatory disease can cause mild or moder ...

Can infertility in women be prevented? There is usually nothing that can be done to prevent female infertility caused by genetic problems or illness. However, there are several things that women can do to decrease the possibility of infertility: Take steps to prevent sexually transmitted diseases Avoid illicit drugs Avoid heavy or frequent alcohol use Adopt good personal hygiene and health practi ...

Transverse Vaginal Septum A transverse vaginal septum is a horizontal “wall” of tissue that has formed during embryologic development and essentially creates a blockage of the vagina. A transverse vaginal septum can occur at many different levels of the vagina. A large percentage of women with a transverse vaginal septum have a small hole or fenestration within the transverse vaginal septum, so th ...

Egg freezing is a process that is very similar to in vitro fertilization, IVF Talking about what’s involved with the process of freezing your eggs is a good starting point for the egg freezing discussion. Identical to the first stages of IVF, you can expect the following when you come to our Ashwini fertility center: First, you will take fertility medications to stimulate the growth and developme ...