Desire to have children - many reasons for infertility #2

GYN & PERINATAL ZURICH > Desire for children - many reasons for infertility #2

Andrea Rinderknecht with Prof. Dr. med. Christian Breymann about the importance of detailed information for young couples. Because infertility is virtually a jigsaw puzzle of possible factors, the detailed information with the appropriate sensitivity of young couples - i.e. woman and man in the same boat - is of very special importance.

Prof. Dr. med. Christian Breymann explains the multitude of possible anatomical and hormonal reasons for the unfulfilled desire to have children - from the role of the thyroid gland to the vitamin and mineral balance as well as the sperm quality of the man.

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