Stress is more than just a buzzword in our world today.
With the pressures of time and the continuing economical climate stress is real for most people.
Everybody handles stress differently and they also encounter stress from different ways as well.
Stress has been explained as an event or situation felt as threatening.
This article will address infertility stress.
The human body has a natural response to stress by the production of (CRF) corticotrophin releasing factor.
This creates a trigger effect of hormonal events within the body ultimately releasing catecholamines and cortisol.
Cortisol is the primary stress hormone.
Infertility stress is not fully understood.
No one discredits the fact the infertility can be a big contributor to stress.
But the question for us is infertility cased by stress.
Does reducing stress improve conception rates for those with infertility problems? Does stress cause infertility? Half a century ago it was believed that half of the infertility cases were psychogenic infertility.
It was believed that psychogenic infertility was the result of hidden sexual anxiety, ambivalence toward motherhood, or gender identity conflicts.
Understanding that both stress response and sex hormones are regulated by the hypothalamus it only seems logical to believe that stress possibly could contribute to infertility for some women.
High levels of stress can suppress the menstrual cycle as noted in women marathon runners developing runner's amenorrhea or menstrual irregularity.
Stress activates the pituitary gland to increase production of prolactin which also can lead to ovulation irregularity.
Catecholamine receptors are in the reproductive tract of females and catecholamines are produced as a response to stress and might possibly affect infertility.
This is a rather complex interactive process which is not clearly understood.
Research continues in the area of infertility stress It does seem feasible with the details and high interaction between effects of stress by body response and factors influencing infertility being so closely related.
Studies continue to be performed on various emotional responses and infertility.
Research has shown that the body responds to emotions with production of neuropeptides which actually interacts with all body cells.
The disappointment of failing to conceive, costly treatments of infertility maintaining a menstrual cycle diary, and undergoing sometimes painful test and procedures definitely adds an additional element of stress for those suffering from infertility.
Infertility stress may not be fully understood but the knowledge of knowing the benefits for reducing stress should provide motivation to reduce stress that may have build up in your life.
With the pressures of time and the continuing economical climate stress is real for most people.
Everybody handles stress differently and they also encounter stress from different ways as well.
Stress has been explained as an event or situation felt as threatening.
This article will address infertility stress.
The human body has a natural response to stress by the production of (CRF) corticotrophin releasing factor.
This creates a trigger effect of hormonal events within the body ultimately releasing catecholamines and cortisol.
Cortisol is the primary stress hormone.
Infertility stress is not fully understood.
No one discredits the fact the infertility can be a big contributor to stress.
But the question for us is infertility cased by stress.
Does reducing stress improve conception rates for those with infertility problems? Does stress cause infertility? Half a century ago it was believed that half of the infertility cases were psychogenic infertility.
It was believed that psychogenic infertility was the result of hidden sexual anxiety, ambivalence toward motherhood, or gender identity conflicts.
Understanding that both stress response and sex hormones are regulated by the hypothalamus it only seems logical to believe that stress possibly could contribute to infertility for some women.
High levels of stress can suppress the menstrual cycle as noted in women marathon runners developing runner's amenorrhea or menstrual irregularity.
Stress activates the pituitary gland to increase production of prolactin which also can lead to ovulation irregularity.
Catecholamine receptors are in the reproductive tract of females and catecholamines are produced as a response to stress and might possibly affect infertility.
This is a rather complex interactive process which is not clearly understood.
Research continues in the area of infertility stress It does seem feasible with the details and high interaction between effects of stress by body response and factors influencing infertility being so closely related.
Studies continue to be performed on various emotional responses and infertility.
Research has shown that the body responds to emotions with production of neuropeptides which actually interacts with all body cells.
The disappointment of failing to conceive, costly treatments of infertility maintaining a menstrual cycle diary, and undergoing sometimes painful test and procedures definitely adds an additional element of stress for those suffering from infertility.
Infertility stress may not be fully understood but the knowledge of knowing the benefits for reducing stress should provide motivation to reduce stress that may have build up in your life.
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