Amenorrhea can cause infertility

In today’s time, your lifestyle plays a pivotal role in your fertility; from what you eat to how you live and what you think impacts the fertility in both males and females. In females these conditions can lead to amenorrhea. In literal terms amenorrhea means absence of menstrual cycle which can be due to hormonal imbalances or some medical problems. It occurs in females during the childbearing age who fail to menstruate. Women who missed at least 3 menstrual cycles in a row have amenorrhea. 

Absence of periods is a major sign of amenorrhea but the other signs or symptoms along with it are:

• milky nipple discharge, 
• loss of hair and vision, 
• headache,
• excess facial hair, 
• pain in pelvic area,  
• sometimes acne

Do see your doctor if you have 3 missed periods in a row or you are 15 year and older and have no periods. Amenorrhea can occur for a number of reasons. Some are normal during the course of a woman's life, while others may be a side effect of medication or a sign of a medical problem.

1. Hormonal Imbalances which includes:

• Polycystic Ovary syndrome or PCOS where you have multiple cysts characterized by irregular menstrual cycle, overweight and facial hair etc.
• Undiagnosed and untreated

For fertility - drop out your sugar intake

Today, millions of people are suffering due to diabetes. In the last 4 years the percentage of diabetes sufferers has gone up by 30 percent. According to a recent report by IDF- International Diabetes Federation, India continues to be the “diabetes capital” of the world, and by 2030, nearly 9 per cent of the country’s population is likely to be affected by this disease. India accounts for the largest number of people i.e. 50.8 million suffering from diabetes in the world. 

What is Diabetes? 

Diabetes is a chronic disease caused when either pancreas do not produce enough insulin or the cells in the body that does not respond properly to the insulin. There are three types of diabetes Type 1 corresponds to the first condition and Type 2 corresponds to the second condition and Gestational Diabetes formed during pregnancy. 

How diabetes can affect your fertility? 

This disease is actually dangerous as it gives rise to many other diseases as well in your body. One of them would be infertility; Diabetes can directly affect the fertility in the human body. Chances of infertility in diabetic men are higher as compared to

Nutrition and fertility – figure out your cravings

This Pandemic has indeed changed everyone’s lifestyle. Now many of us are at home 24/7 people have been asking why they want to eat all the time. The shift from going out and ordering from out whenever we want to be inside home most of the time takes quite an adjustment. As we get to grips with a new routine, working from home or tackling a list of DIY jobs, some people might have noticed that they are eating more. 

Sometimes we just keep heading towards the fridge may be boredom or just the novelty of being at home with food within easy reach, there are other physiological reasons we may seek out a quick snack fix. For many of us this time is also stressful as we try to make sense of the situation we are in and what it means for our future. 

Food is more than calories. It’s information. The body is a wonderful machine, constantly sending us signs and signals about the information (or nutrients) it needs to function at its best. 

In this blog we will see how cravings may be a sign of stress hormone imbalance and how this may also affect your fertility and makes it difficult to conceive naturally. 

Cravings for sweet things: 

When we are stressed our body reacts or fight to run away from the stress. Our adrenal glands produce stress hormones which (among other things) signal that we need a quick