Aryans Institute of Nursing organizes a seminar on
Infertility
Mohali
14th November
Dr.
Shikha shared her insights on the future of IVF; lifestyle factors and
fertility; fibroids and endometriosis and infertility; role of stem cells in
infertility treatment; and other technological innovations in the area of
infertility. The focus of the seminar was to provide education on the causes of
infertility, to discuss treatments options, and raise awareness that fertility
issues can affect both men and women.
She
further said that a study from Third National Family Health Survey shows high
prevalence of infertility in the southern region besides variations across
states such as Goa showing the highest infertility and Andhra Pradesh the
lowest. It also sheds light on the fact that infertility is increasingly being
affected by changes in lifestyle, socio-economic factors etc, thereby
necessitating the government to consider infertility as an important public
health issue.
"It
is believed that 10% of the general population suffers from some form of
infertility. Given that India has a population of over 1.2 billion, the number
of Indians suffering from infertility is huge," said Dr Shikha. Many
factors including changes in lifestyle, stress and the recent trend of late
marriages contribute to this occurrence. While poor sperm count (41 percent)
played a major role in male infertility, female infertility was caused mainly
by polycystic ovarian disorder or PCOD (40 percent). She blamed contaminated
food for increasing the estrogen levels, leading to poor sperm count in males.
While
interacting with the students she further said that there have been a lot of
advances in Assisted Reproductive Therapy (ART) over the last decade. These
have made infertility treatment much more successful and safer for infertile
couples. There has been a lot of focus on evidence-based medicine and
generation of Indian data to help infertile couples in India.”
Prof.
A.P Jain, Director; Prof. B.S Sidhu, Registrar; Dr. Manjula Kataria, Principal;
Dr. Aarti Sharma; Ms. Sweety Ghai, HOD, Nursing; Ms Nimarjeet Kaur, Ms
Prabhjeet Kaur, Ms Kusum Thakur etc were
also present.
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