FEMALE INFERTILITY

Course overview

INFERTILITY IS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT CAN CAUSE PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, AND MEDICAL DETRIMENTS TO THE PATIENT. THE UNIQUE QUALITY OF THIS MEDICAL CONDITION INVOLVES AFFECTING BOTH THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT'S PARTNER AS A COUPLE. ALTHOUGH MALE INFERTILITY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ANY INFERTILITY DISCUSSION, THIS PAPER WILL REVIEW THE EVALUATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TREATMENT OF FEMALE INFERTILITY. ONE MUST UNDERSTAND NORMAL FECUNDABILITY, THE PROBABILITY OF ACHIEVING PREGNANCY IN ONE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, TO UNDERSTAND INFERTILITY. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TREATMENT OF FEMALE INFERTILITY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE INTERPROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE TEAM'S ROLE IN IMPROVING CARE FOR THIS PATIENT POPULATION.