The treatments available to help infertile couples to help children? In recent years in the western world, infertility has become much more of a problem. As much as 10% of couples in the UK have had to of been estimated to have fertility problems. This is mainly because of SDI'S (Sexually transmitted infections) such as Chlamydia and gonorrhea for a women and Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia, Syphilis for men. SDI'S are due to unprotected sex. For women infertility could also be due to problems with ovulation (the monthly release of an egg). Fertility problems in women can also be caused by conditions affecting the Fallopian tubes or urinary system.
Many solutions have been provided by medical technology, which is known as embryo technology.
The first embryo technology is In-vitro Fertilization (IVF). This is when an egg from a woman is fertilized outside the womb using the husbands or the donor's sperm. The egg is then replaced back inside the womb to grow. Another is, Artificial Insemination by husband (AIH) .This is when the husband's sperm is inserted into his wife by surgical means. Thirdly there is, Artificial Insemination by Donor (AID).When an anonymous man donates sperm, which is inserted into the mother/women. There is also, Egg Donation. This is when an egg is donated by another women and fertilized by IVF using the husbands sperm and it is then placed into the wife's womb. Embryo Donation is quite another popular one. This is when an egg from the woman and the sperm from a man which come from different don ...