INFERTILITY Health Checkup Packages

What is Fertility?

Fertility is the natural potentiality to conceive a child. For the fertilization of an egg or to conceive a child requires several essential steps for both females and males. Conceiving a child is not easy for everyone, for around 10% - 15% of couples are facing many issues with fertility.

What is infertility?

Infertility is the exact opposite of what fertility is, this condition which states the incapability of conceiving a child. If a couple are not conceiving a child after trying a year with unprotected sex. Infertility not only occurs in females, males also have issues regarding fertility. But infertility affects females more than males.

What are the signs and symptoms of infertility?

The general signs and symptoms infertility are:

• Irregular menstrual cycle
• Excessively heavy or light period bleeding
• Unusual period cramps
• Thyroid problems
• Ectopic or tubal pregnancy
• Pelvic pain during sexual intercorse
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Cystic fibrosis
• Repeated miscarriages
• Ejaculation problems
• Sexual dysfunction
• Injury to the testes and scrotum

If You are having these symptoms then you should get tested with an infertility test. Doctors usually recommend females aged over 35 who are having fertility issues should go for Diagnostic testing for female fertility even if you are not having all these symptoms.

What is the Fertility profile?

The Fertility profile is a profile test which consists of several blood tests for infertility. All those tests will help your doctors find out the causes of infertility, this will examine yours and your partner’s reproductive organs, and will give you the whole information.

When should you get tested?

If you are avoiding conceiving or you are trying to conceive in both situations, it is always better to go and seek medical help. However, in the case where you are trying to conceive for over a year and still not getting any hope, then you should consult with a doctor.

There are also many risk factors which may affect your fertility. The risk factors include:

• If you are a woman age 35 and up
• If you are a woman having irregular or missing periods
• Have a family history of premature ovarian failure or early menopause
• Tubal disease
• Have a history of ovarian surgery
• Have a history testical injury
• Advanced endometriosis stage
• Adult mumps
• Sexual dysfunctions
• Smoking

If you have any of the upper mentioned risk factors then you should consult with a doctor.

What sample will be needed?

A blood sample will be required for the fertility testing. A laboratory expert will take the blood sample from a vein in your arm via a needle. Then the sample will be stored into a container and will be sent to a diagnostic center for examining.

What test preparations are needed?

You will be required to fast for at least 8 to 12 hours before going to the test. Other than that no special preparations are required.

What will be the result interpretation?

This package will examine several hormones and enzymes in your body. And all the reference ranges of the tested levels will be mentioned in the test results. However, remember these reference ranges may differ from laboratory to laboratory. For the better interpretation of your result, always opt for consultation with your doctor.