Abstract

IMPACT OF OBESITY ON THE TREATMENT OF INFERTILITY

Dr. Pranali P. Dounde* and Dr. Prasad P. Dounde

Abstract

Infertility is the failure to achieve conception by an apparently healthy couple of reproductive age with normal marital relation continuously for one year or more is considered as vandhyatva or infertility. Many factors affect the fertility of women one of which is considered as obesity. Fertility can be negatively affected by obesity in women. In ancient text obesity is considered as ashtoninditiya. Acharya Kashyapa has mentioned pushpaghni having obesity, hirsutism and menstrual abnormality. Obesity favors the menstrual irregularity, chronic oligoanovulation and infertility in women of reproductive age. The adverse effect of obesity is evident in polycystic ovarian syndrome. Elevated body mass index can decrease fertility in women. It increases the risk of ovulatory dysfunction and insulin resistance and also decreases the chance of conception with regular cycles.

Keywords: Obesity, Infertility, Vandhyatva, Polycystic ovarian disease.