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Contents: Fertility symptoms

Introduction: Fertility symptoms

Further information about Fertility symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Fertility symptoms: infertility, male infertility, reduced sperm count, female infertility, subfertility or other types.

Fertility symptoms: Fertility problems for men or women. See free access online books about Fertility symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 168 causes of Fertility symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Fertility symptoms

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Causes of Types of Fertility symptoms:

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More types of Fertility symptoms

Fertility symptoms: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Fertility symptoms, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Fertility symptoms

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Fertility symptoms

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Diagnostic Guides for Fertility symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Fertility symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Fertility symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Fertility symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts

Amenorrhea

  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"

Amenorrhea – Secondary

  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"

Amenorrhea – Primary

  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"

INFERTILITY

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"

HYPOMENORRHEA AND AMENORRHEA

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"

Amenorrhea

  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"

Amenorrhea

  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis"

Amenorrhea

  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"

Female infertility

  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"

Male infertility

  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)"

Amenorrhea

  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"

Amenorrhea

  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"

Infertility

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"

Secondary Amenorrhea

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"

Infertility, female

  • "Handbook of Diseases"

Infertility, male

  • "Handbook of Diseases"

Amenorrhea

  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"

Amenorrhea

  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Diagnostic tests for Fertility symptoms:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Fertility symptoms. Some of these are listed below :

  • Physical examination of female
    • Inspect the secondary sexual characteristics . If abnormal consider Turner's syndrome, Simmond's disease, Frolich's syndrome and virilism
    • Complete endocrine examination. If abnormalities consider hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Simmond's disease or Acromegaly
    • Female Pelvic examination. Look for abnormalities such as cervicitis, stenosis of the cervix, fibroids, retroverted uterus, tubo-ovarian abscess and polycystic ovaries
  • Physical examination of male

See full list of 46 diagnostic tests for Fertility symptoms

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Fertility symptoms. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you been trying for pregnancy? - Infertility is defined as the absence of conception after a period of 12 months of normal unprotected intercourse.
  • What is the frequency and timing of intercourse?
  • Is there adequate penetration with intercourse?
  • What is the age of the female? - after the age of 32, fertility decreases by 1.5% per year.
  • What was the age of menarche (first menstrual period) in the female?

See Diagnosis Checklist for Fertility symptoms (33 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Fertility symptoms) may include:

  • Erectile dysfunction in male?
  • Menorrhagia (heavy periods)? - may suggest endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, fibroids.
  • Dyspareunia (pain with intercourse)? - may suggest endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease.
  • Vaginal discharge? - may suggest pelvic inflammatory disease (may be an offensive, pus-like vaginal discharge).
  • Symptoms of endometriosis? - e.g. dysmenorrhea which may start 1-2 weeks before the period and then reduces with the onset of the period, pain with intercourse, heavy periods and non-specific pelvic pain.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Fertility symptoms (33 listings)

Stories from Users for Fertility symptoms

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Organs affected by Fertility symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Fertility symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Fertility symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Fertility symptoms mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 168 causes of Fertility symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Fertility symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Fertility symptoms. Of the 168 causes of Fertility symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 3 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 5 causes are "common" diseases
  • 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 10 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 150 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 168 causes of Fertility symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Fertility symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Fertility symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 47,XXX syndrome ... infertility

    A

  • Abdominal Cancer ... infertility
  • Adolescent cataract and infertility syndrome ... sterility
  • Adrenal adenoma, familial ... infertility
  • Adrenal Cancer ... infertility
  • Adrenal Cortex Diseases ... impaired male fertility
  • Adrenal gland hyperfunction ... infertility
  • Adrenal hyperplasia, congenital type 3 ... infertility
  • Adrenal hypoplasia congenital, X-linked ... infertility
  • Adrenal incidentaloma ... infertility
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma ... infertility
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Ahumada-Del Castillo Syndrome ... infertility, lack of ovulation
  • Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome ... lack of uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, female infertility, infertility
  • Androgen insensitivity syndrome, partial ... infertility
  • Anorchia ... infertility
  • Anorchidia ... sterility
  • Anovulation ... infertility, lack of ovulation
  • Anterior pituitary hyperhormonotrophic syndrome ... sterility
  • Appendiceal tumor ... infertility
  • Appendix cancer ... infertility
  • Aromatase deficiency ... reduced fertility, sterility
  • Asherman's syndrome ... impaired fertility
  • Autoimmune Endometriosis ... Infertility
  • Autoimmune oophoritis ... impaired fertility
  • Azoospermia ... male infertility

    B

  • Biemond syndrome type 2 ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Bloom Syndrome ... male infertility
  • Boucher-Neuhauser syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Bronchiectasis - oligospermia ... infertility, reduced fertility

    C

  • Calloso-genital dysplasia ... infertility
  • Cardiomyopathy, hypogonadism, collagenoma syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Cephalothoracic progressive lipodystrophy ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Cervicitis ... female infertility, infertility
  • Chiari-Frommel syndrome ... lack of ovulation
  • Chromosome Y deletion ... male infertility
  • Chronic Kidney Disease ... infertility
  • Chudley syndrome 1 ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Ciliary dyskinesia, due to transposition of ciliary microtubules ... male infertility
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - simple virilizing form in females ... infertility
  • Congenital bilateral aplasia of vas deferens ... infertility
  • Cortisone reductase deficiency ... female infertility
  • Cushing syndrome, familial ... impaired male fertility
  • Cushing's syndrome ... sexual and fertility problems, impaired male fertility, reduced male fertility
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... male infertility
  • Cystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anaemia ... infertility

    D

  • Deafness hypogonadism syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Del Castillo's syndrome ... sterility
  • Dermoid cyst ... ovarian swelling
  • Diethylstilbestrol antenatal infection ... impaired fertility, infertility, impaired male fertility

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia, Berlin type ... impaired fertility, sterility
  • Endometrial conditions ... Infertility
  • Endometriosis ... subfertility, infertility, anovulation

    F

  • Factor XIII Deficiency ... male infertility
  • Factor XIII deficiency, congenital ... male infertility
  • Factor XIII, A1 subunit Deficiency ... male infertility
  • Factor XIII, B subunit Deficiency ... male infertility
  • Fallopian tube conditions ... Infertility
  • Familial hypopituitarism ... impaired fertility
  • Female genital disorders ... Infertility
  • Female pseudohermaphrodism - anorectal anomalies ... infertility
  • Follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency, isolated ... infertility
  • Forbes-Albright syndrome ... decreased sperm, lack of ovulation
  • Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome ... infertility

    G

  • Galactorrhea ... anovulation
  • Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia ... reduced fertility
  • GAPO syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Gelatinous ascites ... infertility
  • Gigantism ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Gonadal dysgenesis ... infertility
  • Gonadal dysgenesis Turner type ... infertility
  • Granulomatous hypophysitis ... infertility
  • Gynaecological conditions ... Infertility

    H

  • HAIR-AN Syndrome ... infertility
  • Heller-Nelson syndrome ... infertility
  • Hyperadrenalism ... infertility
  • Hyperandrogenism ... infertility
  • Hypergonadotropic ovarian failure, familial or sporadic ... impaired fertility
  • Hyperprolactinemia ... infertility
  • Hypogonadism - mitral valve prolapse - mental retardation ... reduced fertility
  • Hypogonadism, isolated, hypogonadotropic ... infertility
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism without anosmia, X-linked ... infertility
  • Hypoparathyroidism X-linked ... sterility
  • Hypopituitarism ... female infertility, Infertility

    I

  • Immotile cilia syndrome, due to defective radial spokes ... male infertility
  • Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia ... male infertility

    K

  • Kallmann Syndrome ... infertility, reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Kallmann syndrome 2 ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Kallmann syndrome, type 1, X-linked ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Kallmann syndrome, type 3, recessive ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Kallmann syndrome, type 4 ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Klinefelter syndrome ... infertility, male infertility, inability to produce sperm
  • Klinefelter syndrome, variants ... infertility

    L

  • Lactotroph adenoma ... infertility
  • Laurence-Moon Syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Lead poisoning ... reduced male fertility
  • Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia ... infertility
  • Low-level radiation exposure ... reduced fertility
  • Lundberg II syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, deficiency of, with ataxia ... reduced fertility, infertility

    M

  • Martsolf syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Masculinisation ... female infertility
  • Muckle-Wells syndrome ... infertility
  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 ... impaired fertility
  • Myoma (fibroid) ... impaired fertility

    O

  • Oligospermia ... male infertility
  • Ovarian insufficiency due to FSH resistance ... infertility
  • Ovarian insufficiency, familial ... infertility

    P

  • Panhypopituitarism ... infertility
  • Phenylketonuria ... reduced sperm count
  • Pituitary Cancer ... female infertility
  • Pituitary cancer, childhood ... abnormal development of ovaries
  • Pituitary tumors, adult ... female infertility, reduced fertility
  • Polycystic ovarian disease, familial ... sterility
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome ... late ovulation, no ovulation, infertility, infertility, Infrequent ovulation, sterility
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia ... male infertility
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 2 ... male infertility
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 3 ... male infertility
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 4 ... male infertility
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 5 ... male infertility
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 6 ... male infertility
  • Prolactinoma ... female infertility
  • Prolactinoma, familial ... infertility
  • Proximal myotonic dystrophy ... infertility
  • Pseudohermaphrodism - anorectal anomalies ... infertility

    R

  • Resistance to LH (luteinizing hormone) ... infertility
  • Retinitis pigmentosa, deafness, mental retardation, hypogonadism ... reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome ... infertility
  • Rokitansky-Küster-Haüser syndrome ... infertility
  • Round-head spermatozoa syndrome ... reduced fertility
  • Rud Syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries

    S

  • Sexual aversion disorder ... Infertility
  • Sexual dysfunction ... Infertility
  • SIBIDS syndrome ... reduced fertility
  • Sohval-Soffer syndrome ... impaired fertility
  • Spermatogenesis arrest ... infertility
  • Spermatogenic failure, nonobstructive, Y-linked ... male infertility
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy ... male infertility
  • Stampe-Sorensen syndrome ... impaired fertility
  • Swyer syndrome ... infertility

    T

  • Turner Syndrome ... infertility

    U

  • Uterine fibroids ... female infertility, infertility

    V

  • Vohwinkel syndrome ... reduced hormone production by ovaries

    W

  • Weinstein Kliman Scully syndrome ... Infertility
  • Werner syndrome ... reduced fertility, reduced hormone production by ovaries
  • Wilson's Disease ... Infertility
  • Winkelman Bethfe Pfeiffer syndrome ... Infertility

    X

  • XX male syndrome ... Infertility, reduced hormone production by ovaries

    Y

  • Young Hughes syndrome ... Infertility
  • Young syndrome ... Infertility

    Conditions listing complications: Fertility symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Fertility symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome ... female infertility

    B

  • Bladder Cancer ... infertility

    C

  • Chlamydia ... subfertility, infertility
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - simple virilizing form in females ... infertility
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... Fertility complications, infertility

    D

  • Down Syndrome ... reduced sperm count
  • Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding ... anovulation

    E

  • Ectopic pregnancy ... infertility
  • Endometriosis ... Infertility

    H

  • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... infertility
  • Hermaphroditism ... infertility
  • Hysterectomy ... infertility

    K

  • Kallmann syndrome 2 ... infertility
  • Kallmann syndrome, type 1, X-linked ... infertility
  • Kallmann syndrome, type 3, recessive ... infertility
  • Kallmann syndrome, type 4 ... infertility
  • Klinefelter syndrome ... infertility, male infertility, sterility

    L

  • Lead poisoning ... female infertility, infertility, male infertility

    M

  • Marijuana abuse ... reduced sperm count
  • Mullerian derivatives, persistent ... infertility

    N

  • Non-Specific Urethritis ... sterility

    O

  • Orchitis ... male infertility

    P

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... female infertility
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome ... subfertility, female infertility, infertility
  • Prolactinoma ... female infertility

    R

  • Radiation sickness ... sterility

    S

  • Salpingitis ... subfertility, infertility
  • Smoking ... female infertility, Smoking effects on female fertility:

    T

  • Triple-X syndrome ... infertility
  • Turner Syndrome ... female infertility, infertility, sterility

    U

  • Uterine fibroids ... Subfertility

    V

  • Varicocele ... male infertility

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    • Causes of Fertility symptoms Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Fertility symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Fertility symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Fertility symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Fertility symptoms:

    Subtypes of Fertility symptoms:

    Infertility (119 causes), Male infertility (26 causes), Reduced sperm count (1 cause), Female infertility (9 causes), Subfertility (11 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Fertility symptoms:

    Sexual symptoms (1171 causes)

    Symptoms related to Fertility symptoms:

    Infertility (119 causes), Pregnancy (251 causes), Childbirth (429 causes), Anovulation

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