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More Indians Grappling With Infertility, Worry Health Experts

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An increasing number of Indians are infertile and are going in for artificial methods of reproduction, a trend that is worrying health experts and doctors, who blame this on the fast-paced unhealthy lifestyle of the people and environment pollution, mainly in urban areas.

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New Delhi (Sputnik) — Health experts and doctors advise that Indians need to start quitting the sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy habits like smoking, alcohol, drugs, long hours in the office, etc. and start spending quality time with their spouses so that they get an opportunity to try for a baby during the fertile period of the month.

"This trend is worrying. Our lifestyles and choices are directly in conflict with our biological clock, we may look young at 40 but biologically we are not, especially in the case of women. We need to understand that aspect well for planning our families," Dr. Neeti Tiwari, Infertility & IVF Expert, Gangaram Hospital, told Sputnik.

"There is the stress of daily life, environmental toxins, drugs, TB especially in rural areas, all play havoc with our system. We also have almost 40% of cases where the cause of low sperm count or low egg reserve is not clear or known. Living a healthy life is the key. Prevention is better than cure," Dr. Tiwari added.

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Around 10 to 14% of the Indian population is estimated to be affected by infertility issues at present, according to a Times of India report. Assuming the marital rate in 2020 is similar to the current rate, the number of infertile couples could increase from 220 million in 2015 to 244 million by 2020, the report added.

Fertility and assisted reproduction clinics have sprung up in nooks and corners of major metros and are fast spreading into smaller cities, and are spending liberally on advertising in newspapers and other media offering cures for all sorts of fertility issues that Indians are increasingly grappling with.

"We cannot tell women not to go for their careers; all we can suggest is at least go for freezing the eggs so that they can have babies at a later stage if they want. In case of men, we can say not to go for heavy gym exercises or crash diets; just live a healthy and live stress-free," Dr. Tiwari said.

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