ASSESSMENT OF INFERTILITY PROBLEMS AMONG FEMALE IN RAMANATHAPURAM, TAMILNADU

Infertility is the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse. Identifiable factors affecting female infertility include hormonal or endocrine disturbances (menstrual or ovulatory disturbances), tubal factors (occlusions, pelvic adhesions and other tubal abnormalities), acquired non-tubal factors (cervical or uterine disturbances), sexual dysfunction and congenital abnormalities. The present research work aimed to study the infertility problem according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as age, education, occupation, BMI and gynecological and clinical characteristics such as PCOS, menstrual irregularities, tubal factor, uterine factor endometriosis, cervical factor, immune factor among female in the study area Ramanathapuram in the State of Tamil Nadu, India