Conquering stress and infertility

Anjali Sharma, Rajwant Kaur Randhawa

Medeor Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

ABSTRACT

Stress word itself causes stress for many. It is a state of mental or emotional strain. Infertility also similarly creates stress in the mind of the person suffering from it. Interestingly Stress also lead to Infertility, by altering the hormonal milieu of an individual. Treatment of infertility therefore requires interventions to reduce Stress. Diagnosing and quantifying this stress is very important. Stress reduction requires a multimodality approach. It should include pharmacological, non-pharmacological, behavioral, psychological, social, lifestyle, educational and mind-body interventions or strategies. These various approaches to reduce stress and manage infertility needs a structured clinical testing and trials. Once these interventions are routinely included in all clinics and hospitals managing infertility, their effects could be better studied. The purpose of this review is to inculcate this multimodality approach in each and every heath care provider who is involved in managing Infertility. Also it is to highlight the relationship between stress and infertility and hence focusing on reduction of stress and promoting fertility.

Keywords:

Stress Assessment, Stress Reduction, Overcoming Infertility, Health Realization, Psychosocial Interventions, Mind-Body Interventions