Sterility

Infertility

Sterility: Sterility is listed as an alternate name or description for symptom:

• Infertility

Causes of Infertility (Sterility): See detailed list of causes below.

Infertility (medical symptom): Inability of couples to establish pregnancy by having sexual intercourse over a period of time, usually more than 1 year in length.

Article Excerpts for Sterility:

Infertility (medical symptom): Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a child despite trying for one year. The condition affects about 5.3 million Americans, or 9 percent of the reproductive age population, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. (Source: excerpt from Infertility: NWHIC)

Causes of Infertility (Sterility)

The list of medical condition causes of Infertility (Sterility) includes:

• 10% of cases of infertility are unknown or unexplained
• Varicocele
• Failure of the testicle to produce sperm
• Endocrine disorders
• Klinefelter's syndrome

All 241 causes of Infertility

More Specific Symptoms for Sterility:

Review the causes of the following types of more specific symptoms for Sterility:

• Male infertility (125 causes)
• Female Infertility (134 causes)

Related Symptoms for Sterility

Research the causes of these related symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Sterility:

• Anovulation
• Amenhorrea (287 causes)
• Male infertility (125 causes)
• Female infertility (134 causes)
• Varicocele
• Failure of the testicle to produce sperm
• Endocrine disorders
• Klinefelter's syndrome
• Stress
• Smoking
• Caffiene
• Recreational drugs
• Failure of the testes to descend

Broader Symptom Types for Sterility:

Research the causes of these symptoms that are more broader types of symptom than Sterility:

• Fertility symptoms (370 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1838 causes)
• Intercourse symptoms (258 causes)

More Symptom Information for Sterility

For a medical symptom description of 'Sterility', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Infertility (symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Sterility' may be possible.

More information on symptom: Infertility:

• Infertility

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