Common causes of Infertility
Introduction:
This information shows the various causes of Infertility, and how common these diseases
or conditions are in the general population.
This is not a direct indication as to how commonly these diseases are the actual cause
of Infertility, but gives a relative idea as to how frequent these diseases are seen overall.
7
diseases that are "very common".
5
diseases that are "common".
4
diseases that are "uncommon".
10
diseases that are "rare".
210
diseases without any prevalence information.
Causes of Infertility that are very common
The following causes of Infertility are diseases or medical conditions that
affect more than 10 million people in the USA:
Causes of Infertility that are common
The following causes of Infertility are diseases or conditions that
affect more than 1 million people in the USA:
Causes of Infertility that are uncommon
The following causes of Infertility are diseases or conditions that
affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:
Causes of Infertility that are very rare
The following causes of Infertility appear in the population
at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:
Causes of Infertility without any prevalence information
The following causes of Infertility are ones for which
we do not have any prevalence information.
- 10% of cases of infertility are unknown or unexplained
- 17-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase III deficiency - infertility
- 46,XX testicular disorder of sex development - infertility
- 46,XX testicular DSD - infertility
- 46,XY Gonadal Dysgenesis, Complete, SRY-Related - infertility
- 47,XXX syndrome - infertility
- Abdominal Cancer - infertility
- Abnormal semen
- Adolescent cataract and infertility syndrome - sterility
- Adrenal adenoma, familial - infertility
- Adrenal Cancer - infertility
- Adrenal Cortex Diseases - impaired male fertility
- Adrenal cortex insufficiency
- Adrenal gland hyperfunction - infertility
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital (General) - infertility
- Adrenal hyperplasia, congenital type 3 - infertility
- Adrenal hypoplasia congenital, X-linked - infertility
- Adrenal incidentaloma - infertility
- Adrenocortical carcinoma - infertility
- Adverse reaction to chemical - 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane - impaired male fertility
- Ahumada-Del Castillo Syndrome - infertility
- Amenorrhoea
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome, partial - infertility
- Anorchia - infertility
- Anorchidia - sterility
- Anovulation - infertility
- Anterior pituitary hyperhormonotrophic syndrome - sterility
- Antibody production to sperm
- Appendiceal tumor - infertility
- Appendix cancer - infertility
- Aromatase deficiency - sterility
- Asherman's syndrome - impaired fertility
- Attenuated congenital adrenal hyperplasia - infertility
- Autoimmune Endometriosis - Infertility
- Autoimmune oophoritis - impaired fertility
- Autoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease - infertility
- Azoospermia - male infertility
- Bladder Cancer - infertility
- Bloom Syndrome - male infertility
- Bloom's syndrome
- Bronchiectasis - oligospermia - infertility
- Caffiene
- Calloso-genital dysplasia - infertility
- Cervical damage
- Chemical poisoning - 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane - impaired male fertility
- Chemotherapy
- Chromosome Y deletion - male infertility
- Chronic Kidney Disease - infertility
- Ciliary dyskinesia, due to transposition of ciliary microtubules - male infertility
- Ciliary motility disorder
- Collagenous celiac disease - infertility
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - non-classical form - infertility
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - simple virilizing form in females - infertility
- Congenital bilateral aplasia of vas deferens - infertility
- Congenital giant megaureter - sterility
- Congenital hypothyroidism - Infertility
- Cortisone reductase deficiency - female infertility
- Cushing syndrome, familial - impaired male fertility
- Cushing's syndrome - impaired male fertility
- Cystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anaemia - infertility
- Damaged fallopian tubes
- De la Chapelle syndrome - infertility
- Decreased production of sperm
- Del Castillo's syndrome - sterility
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diethylstilbestrol antenatal exposure - impaired fertility
- Down's syndrome associated Celiac Disease - infertility
- Duct obstruction
- Ectodermal dysplasia, Berlin type - impaired fertility
- Endocrine disorders
- Endometrial conditions - Infertility
- Factor XIII Deficiency - male infertility
- Factor XIII deficiency, congenital - male infertility
- Factor XIII, A1 subunit Deficiency - male infertility
- Factor XIII, B subunit Deficiency - male infertility
- Failure of the testes to descend
- Failure of the testicle to produce sperm
- Fallopian tube conditions - Infertility
- Familial hypopituitarism - impaired fertility
- Female pseudohermaphrodism - anorectal anomalies - infertility
- Fertile eunuch syndrome - impaired fertility
- Fibroids
- Follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency, isolated - infertility
- Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome - infertility
- Gelatinous ascites - infertility
- Gonadal dysgenesis - infertility
- Gonadal dysgenesis Turner type - infertility
- Granulomatous hypophysitis - infertility
- Gynaecological conditions - Infertility
- HAIR-AN Syndrome - infertility
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - infertility
- Heller-Nelson syndrome - infertility
- Hereditary hypothyroidism - Infertility
- Hermaphroditism - infertility
- Hodgkin's disease, adult - sterility
- Hodgkin's disease, childhood - sterility
- Hyperadrenalism - infertility
- Hyperandrogenism - infertility
- Hypergonadotropic ovarian failure, familial or sporadic - impaired fertility
- Hyperprolactinemia - infertility
- Hypogonadism, isolated, hypogonadotropic - infertility
- Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism without anosmia, X-linked - infertility
- Hypoparathyroidism X-linked - sterility
- Hypopituitarism - female infertility
- Immotile cilia syndrome, due to defective radial spokes - male infertility
- Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia - male infertility
- Imperforate hymen
- Impotence
- Infantile hypothyroidism - Infertility
- Infection
- Kallmann Syndrome - infertility
- Kallmann syndrome 2 - infertility
- Kallmann Syndrome 5 - infertility
- Kallmann Syndrome 6 - infertility
- Kallmann syndrome, type 1, X-linked - infertility
- Kallmann syndrome, type 3, recessive - infertility
- Kallmann syndrome, type 4 - infertility
- Klinefelter syndrome, variants - infertility
- Lactotroph adenoma - infertility
- Large fibroids
- Lead poisoning - female infertility
- Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia - infertility
- Low sperm account
- Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone, deficiency of, with ataxia - infertility
- Male reproductive toxicity - 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP) - infertility
- Masculinisation - female infertility
- Medication related hypothyroidism - Infertility
- Muckle-Wells syndrome - infertility
- Mullerian derivatives, persistent - infertility
- Mumps
- Myoma (fibroid) - impaired fertility
- Nicotine addiction - infertility
- Non Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - infertility
- Non-Specific Urethritis - sterility
- Nutitional disturbance
- Oligospermia - male infertility
- Orchitis - male infertility
- Ovarian insufficiency due to FSH resistance - infertility
- Ovarian insufficiency, familial - infertility
- Panhypopituitarism - infertility
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - female infertility
- Pelvic inflammatory disease due to infection
- Pituitary tumors, adult - female infertility
- Polycystic ovarian disease, familial - sterility
- Polycystic ovaries
- Polycystic ovaries urethral sphincter dysfunction - infertility
- Polyps
- Previous peritonitis
- Previous surgery
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 10 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 11 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 12 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 2 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 3 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 4 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 5 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 6 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 7 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 8 - male infertility
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 9 - male infertility
- Primary hypothyroidism - Infertility
- Prolactinoma, familial - infertility
- Prostatic tuberculosis - Infertility
- Proximal myotonic dystrophy - infertility
- Pseudohermaphrodism - anorectal anomalies - infertility
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a
- Radiation sickness - sterility
- Recreational drugs
- Refractory Celiac Disease - infertility
- Resistance to LH (luteinizing hormone) - infertility
- Retinohepatoendocrinologic syndrome - infertility
- Retrograde ejaculation
- Rokitansky-Küster-Haüser syndrome - infertility
- Salpingitis - infertility
- Sexual dysfunction - Infertility
- Sohval-Soffer syndrome - impaired fertility
- Spermatogenesis arrest - infertility
- Spermatogenic failure, nonobstructive, Y-linked - male infertility
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy - male infertility
- Stampe-Sorensen syndrome - impaired fertility
- Stress
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 1 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 10 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 11 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 12 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 13 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 2 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 3 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 4 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 5 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 6 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 7 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 8 - infertility
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 9 - infertility
- Swyer syndrome - infertility
- True hermaphroditism
- Turner syndrome associated Celiac Disease - infertility
- Type 1 diabetes related Celiac Disease - infertility
- Vaginal atresia - infertility
- Varicocele - male infertility
- Vasectomy
- Weinstein Kliman Scully syndrome - Infertility
- Werner's syndrome
- William's syndrome associated Celiac Disease - infertility
- Wilson's Disease - Infertility
- Winkelman Bethfe Pfeiffer syndrome - Infertility
- XX male syndrome - Infertility
- Young Hughes syndrome - Infertility
- Young syndrome - Infertility
- more causes...»
All Causes of Infertility
The full list of all possible causes for Infertility described in various sources is as follows:
See full list of possible disease causes of Infertility
Drug side effect causes of Infertility
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins
may possibly cause Infertility as a side effect.
See detailed list of 36
drug side effect causes of Infertility
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