Women's reproductive health is an integral part of the overall health of the body, which implies the absence of diseases of the reproductive system, the ability to reproduce the offspring, as well as the opportunity to live sexually and receive satisfaction from it. Female reproductive health depends on many factors: heredity, lifestyle, occupational hazards, diseases of other organs and systems. In this article, we will examine the main criteria of reproductive health and the factors that affect it.
Factors Affecting Reproductive Health
The main criteria for reproductive health are fertility rates, as well as maternal and child mortality. In the modern world, for many years, there has been a trend towards a decrease in the birth rate, a deterioration in the quality of medical care in obstetric and gynecological hospitals (due to a sharp decline in funding). Women's reproductive health is given special attention, since it is born with a set of egg buds, which will gradually mature. They are very sensitive to the action of harmful factors, under the influence of which mutations can pass in the eggs.
Factors that destroy the woman's reproductive health include:
- bad habits (smoking, drug addiction, alcohol abuse);
- sexually transmitted diseases (HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea , syphilis);
- environmental factors (pollution of the atmosphere, water, soil);
- erratic sexual behavior;
- abortions, which affect the psychological and reproductive health.
Impaired reproductive function in women
The reproductive period of a woman is a segment of life during which a woman is able to conceive, bear and give birth to a child. It is characterized by a monthly maturation of the ovum, in the absence of fertilization which occurs menstruation. Women's reproductive health problems are caused by an increase in the number of gynecological diseases that lead to infertility or miscarriage (spontaneous abortion, undeveloped pregnancies).
We examined the causes that lead to a violation of the reproductive function of women. In the preservation of reproductive health, a healthy lifestyle, correct sexual behavior, prevention of abortion (prevention of unwanted pregnancy) play a big role.