How Does Your Lifestyle Affect Fertility?

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How Does Your Lifestyle Affect Fertility?
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Let's see how some important lifestyle factors
affect fertility.

• Tobacco use
• Drinking too much alcohol
• Contraceptive use
• Unusual weight
• Environmental risks
• Social risks

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Tobacco use

• Smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco affects
  spermatogenesis, the process by which sperm cells
  develop.
• Tobacco use has also been linked to low sperm
  count, altered motility, and hormonal imbalance.
• Women who smoke are prone to early menopause and
  this also increases female infertility.
• According to recent research, passive smoking can
  also cause infertility.
• According to the World Health Organization (WHO),
  the prevalence of tobacco use in India is 17
  percent, with India having the highest prevalence
  of smokeless tobacco use.

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Drinking too much alcohol

• While there are many negative effects of drinking
  too much alcohol, men's fertility is affected in
  terms of decreased seminal quality, low
  testosterone levels, decreased semen volume, and
  sperm count, among other things.
• alcohol use affects women's hormones, which can
  lead to irregular ovulation or early menopause.
• Even a small amount of alcohol can harm the
  ability to conceive.

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Contraceptive use

• Long-term use of oral contraceptives
  significantly affects female fertility.
• Contraceptives cause hormonal imbalance in the
  body, which causes a woman to have irregular
  periods.
• It may take several months for ovulation to
  return to normal. According to a recent study,
  the use of contraceptives has increased in India.

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Unusual weight

• Overweight Being overweight with a body fat
  level that is 10-15 higher than normal can
  completely disrupt a reproductive cycle's hormone
  balance.
• Underweight Being underweight with a body fat
  level that is 10-15 lower than normal can
  completely shut down the reproductive axis and
  its functioning.

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Environmental risks

• According to scientific evidence, long-term
  exposure to high mental stress, high
  temperatures, chemicals, radiations, or heavy
  electromagnetic or microwave emissions may reduce
  fertility in both men and women.

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Social risks

• Delayed marriage and late conception are
  associated with an increased risk of
  non-conception, high chromosomal abnormalities,
  increased general health problems that interfere
  with fertility, and an increased risk of
  miscarriage.
• At 40, the chances of pregnancy drop to 90-67
  percent, and at 45, the percentage drops even
  further to less than 15.
• In addition to the factors mentioned above, there
  are undoubtedly many other factors including
  ethnicity that contribute to infertility and
  lifestyle risk factors that lead to a variety of
  health problems other than infertility.

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• We must recognize that infertility is a growing
  problem in the modern world, negatively affecting
  the health of an estimated 22-33 million Indian
  couples.
• We must raise awareness about infertility and its
  causes, as well as appropriate preventive
  behaviors and available treatments.
• Also read Best IVF treatment- stop worrying
  about infertility.
• Young women must maintain a healthy lifestyle
  that includes a well-balanced diet and regular
  exercise.
• A doctor's consultation is recommended for early
  evaluation of a prolonged or irregular menstrual
  cycle.

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• Couples who are unable to conceive after one year
  of marriage and women who want to start a family
  after the age of 35 should have their fertility
  checked.
• Various advanced infertility treatments are now
  available in India, but 70 of all cases require
  only minimal treatment.