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Infertility in your 20s

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    Health experts raising red flags about diagnosis

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How about that the first topic is a really important one for so many folks it's a startling reality affecting one in eight American cop -- -- infertility.

Health experts are now raising red flags about that diagnosis specifically for women believe -- -- not in their twenty's.

-- doctor -- tell us why women in their twenty.

You know actually when women are open at the age of 4067%.

Of them can still have children which is amazing 45 because on the 15%.

We're tending to overlook -- young women as you just said Jamie and it turns out.

-- 11% of women under the age of thirty can't conceive.

They try freer that's the definition if you try for a year and you're able to have a baby then it's.

This designated as infertility but here's the good news the good news is for young women is usually a reason we usually can find out the reason.

For older women it may be that that the eggs are aging that they don't work as well for young women it's often hormone problem or your tubes are blocked.

-- you have a problem -- poly cystic ovaries.

Or you're exercising to much vigorous exercise or smoking or alcohol we can get to the bottom of it.

And I've often encourage this happens a lot -- I'm taking care of both sides of a couple they get married.

They -- for a year they can have a child the kind of panic maybe maybe they're thinking of in vitro fertilization already.

Or or drug to help them but I think the key is to look for those underlying problems those underlying reasons and the other thing is that it's not always the woman.

-- at least 40% of the time it's the man that's the problem and and David.

You're the expert in this so.

While that infertility thank you mark look the bottom once in a way of thinking about -- fertility.

Is that mr.

sperm and mrs.

-- Have to get together and that one year of unprotected sex to be able to produce -- magic kids that's -- definition of infertility.

Now -- work together and look at the female partner and I think just recover a little bit the first thing you need to know if for female is to get a blood test.

Look for something called best best stage for the killer stimulating hormone if you're FS inches -- And another mark care for -- reserve which is -- and it's anti malaria hormone.

Is low so if you're deficits is high and your -- that -- low.

That's a sign of -- for women.

Four men.

One of the most common cause of infertility some would call -- -- and I apologist or throwing these names out there you're looking directly at me I don't have that back.

I don't know -- that's a bag so that these guys really that big names around the testicles.

Increases -- temperature.

And you know -- -- -- you always talk about food imports is sometimes to describe this.

It's almost feels like the testicles -- -- microwave.

And those firms they -- look at popcorn.

That's what America shows are any causes infertility just a way to remember the best way to do this is -- -- -- those nineties.

It's a surgical procedures and that's how we would improve this now the best this is -- -- to.

Get semen analysis we look at the amount of I'm Sunday morning show -- -- -- stuff I didn't let it -- -- but the other one other quick point to talk about you -- warmth from man and that's not good temperature is not good that's one of the reasons why getting into.

Sewn up.

You know hot water -- all of that really causes a sperm not to work well.

But you know it's in basically you have to -- -- if you go out and -- To really put this together and find the weather that we're about boxers vs jockeys we've talked about yes yes and no signs behind I make sure you have got a lot.

-- -- if you have an -- don't blame one or the other both you get checked he told us about change -- that they can have.

And definitely see someone of your expertise zeroes on hormone levels.

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