Premature ovarian failure: Causes of infertility and infertility

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The article was professionally consulted by Dr., Doctor To Minh Huong - Head of Clinical Reproductive Support Unit, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.
Ovarian failure is a common cause of infertility in women. So what is premature ovarian failure, what are the causes and signs of early ovarian failure?

1. What is Premature Ovarian Failure?

Premature ovarian failure is the cessation of ovarian function in women after puberty and before the age of 40. Premature ovarian failure, if not detected and treated promptly, is a major cause of infertility.

2. Causes of premature ovarian failure

Possible causes of ovarian failure include
Autoimmune thyroid disease: Autoimmune thyroiditis causes destruction of the thyroid gland that can accompany ovarian failure. Prolonged stress: Frequent stress causes autonomic dysfunction, affecting hormone regulation in the body, reducing estrogen hormone, causing premature ovarian failure. Ovarian ablation: Due to some disease, one or both ovaries must be removed. Viral infections: Like mumps virus, Herpes Simplex virus... Viruses can cause inflammation of the ovaries, affecting ovarian function and causing premature ovarian failure. Excessive weight loss: The composition of estrogen is fat, so when losing too much weight, the percentage of fat is low, affecting the amount of estrogen in the body, causing menstrual disorders, premature ovarian failure. Smoking, drinking a lot of alcohol

Due to toxic chemical contamination, exposure to radiation.

3. How does ovarian failure affect health?

Ovarian failure, if not detected and treated early, causes infertility and infertility in women. In addition, ovarian failure is also a cause of decreased sex drive, affecting the relationship between husband and wife.
Women with premature ovarian failure have an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis...
Long-term disease also affects a woman's physical and mental health.

4. Treatment methods for ovarian failure

Currently there is no method that can restore ovarian function, but only treat some diseases.
With infertility treatment: About 5-10% of patients diagnosed with premature ovarian failure can get pregnant without treatment. Most other women who want to get pregnant need to use assisted reproductive methods such as in vitro fertilization or in vitro fertilization to ask for eggs.
Hormone replacement therapy: To relieve symptoms such as vasomotor disorders, sexual dysfunction, improve mental health, relieve fatigue, prevent osteoporosis...

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