Common causes of Female infertility

Causes of Female infertility that are very common

The following causes of Female infertility are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Chronic diseases
• Endometriosis
• Fibroids
• Obesity
• Smoking - female infertility
• Thyroid disorder - either underactive thyroid or overactive thyroid
• Uterine fibroids - female infertility
• more causes...»

Causes of Female infertility that are common

The following causes of Female infertility are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Anaemia
• Carcinoma
• Pelvic inflammatory disease - female infertility
• Polycystic ovary syndrome - female infertility
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• more causes...»

Causes of Female infertility that are uncommon

The following causes of Female infertility are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Anorexia nervosa
• more causes...»

Causes of Female infertility that are very rare

The following causes of Female infertility appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome - female infertility
• Cervix cancer
• Cushing's syndrome
• Cystic fibrosis
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Ovarian cancer
• Pituitary Cancer - female infertility
• Pituitary tumour
• Prolactinoma - female infertility
• Testicular feminization syndrome
• Tuberculosis
• Turner Syndrome - female infertility
• Turner's syndrome
• Uterine cancer
• more causes...»

Causes of Female infertility without any prevalence information

The following causes of Female infertility are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Abnormalities of cervical secretion
• Abscess
• Absence of Fallopian tubes
• Absence of ovaries
• Absence of uterus
• Absence of vagina
• Adrenal cortex tumours
• Adrenal disorder
• Adrenocortical tumor
• Amenorrhea
• Anaemia
• Anovular menstruation
• Anovulation - see also causes of anovulation
• Anovulatory cycles
• Antipsychotic agents
• Asherman's syndrome
• Athletic training
• Autoimmune adrenalitis
• Bicornuate uterus
• Blocked fallopian tubes
• Breast feeding
• C21-hydroxylase deficiency
• Cervical mucus defects
• Cervicitis - female infertility
• Cervix cancer
• Cessation of oral contraceptives - hormonal balance may take some time after stopping the pill.
• Cone biopsy of uterine cervix
• Conn's syndrome
• Cortisone reductase deficiency - female infertility
• Cushing's disease
• Cushing's syndrome
• Cytotoxic therapeutic agents
• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Diet
• Dyspareunia
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Ectopic pregnancy surgery - for an earlier ectopic pregnancy
• Elective abortion
• Ethanol
• Excessive exercise
• Fibroids
• Frölich's syndrome
• FSH receptor deficiency
• Galactorrhoea-Hyperprolactinaemia
• Galactosemia type 1
• Gonadal dysgenesis (female)
• Haematocolpos
• Haematometra
• Haemosiderosis
• Hematosalpinx
• Hormonal disorders - affecting ovulation
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypokalaemic distal renal tubular acidosis
• Hypomenorrhea
• Hypopituitarism - female infertility
• Hypothyroidism
• Idiopathic premature ovarian failure
• Illness in general - any disease can reduce fertility.
• Imperforate hymen
• Inflammatory tubal lesion
• Infrequent intercourse
• Kallmann syndrome
• Lead poisoning - female infertility
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Masculinisation - female infertility
• Medroxyprogesterone acetate
• Menopause
• Metoclopramide
• Metropathia
• Miscarriage
• Mullerian dysgenesis
• Myotonic dystrophy
• Myxoedema
• Obesity
• Occupational
• Old age
• Ovarian cancer
• Ovarian cysts
• Ovarian failure
• Ovarian tubal ligation
• Ovary disorders
• Ovary infection
• Ovulation disorders
• Pelvic inflammatory disease - female infertility
• Peritoneal adhesions
• Pituitary disorder
• Pituitary gland tumor
• Pituitary tumors, adult - female infertility
• Polyps
• Poor nutrition
• Pregnancy termination procedure - the procedure or subsequent infection may have damaged the fallopian tubes.
• Progestagens
• Prolactin secreting pituitary tumour
• Radiotherapy
• Salpingitis
• Scarred cervix
• Scarred fallopian tubes
• Sheehan's syndrome
• Simmonds' disease
• Stenosis of cervix
• Super-female chromosomal anomaly
• Surgical ovary removal
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Testosterone
• Trisomy X
• Tubal ligation - "tied tubes" procedure.
• Tuberculosis of the endometrium
• Uterine anomaly
• Uterus conditions
• Uterus defects
• Uterus infection
• Vaginal agenesis
• Vaginismus
• Vitamin A deficiency
• Vitamin B deficiency
• more causes...»

All Causes of Female infertility

The full list of all possible causes for Female infertility described in various sources is as follows:

• Abnormalities of cervical secretion
• Abscess
• Absence of Fallopian tubes
• Absence of ovaries
• Absence of uterus
• more causes...»

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