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==== Adverse impact of infertility ====

==== Adverse impact of infertility ====

Infertility is one of the major stress factor similar to the intensity of a life-threatening illness. This distress and its treatment can affect various aspects of personal and family life. It also adversely affects the relationship in terms of support, satisfaction and communication, increases anxiety, guilt, somatization and depression. It challenges one’s own beliefs and about the world. The social network is affected as well. As purpose of life is terribly shattered person goes in depression and considers himself as useless.

Infertility is one of the major stress factors<ref>Cousineau TM, Domar AD. Psychological impact of infertility. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21(2):293–308.</ref> similar to the intensity of a life-threatening illness.<ref>Cook E: Characteristics of the biopsychosocial crisis of infertility. J Counsel Dev 1987;65:465-471</ref>,<ref> Leiblum SR, Aviv A and Hamer R (1998) Life after infertility treatment: a long-term investigation of marital and sexual function. Hum Reprod 13, 3569–3574</ref> This distress and its treatment can affect various aspects of personal and family life.<ref>Burns LH and Covington SH (1999) Psychology of Infertility. In Burns LH and Covington SH (eds) Infertility Counselling.A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians. Parthenon Publishing, New York, pp. 3–25.</ref> It also adversely affects the relationship in terms of support, satisfaction and communication,<ref>Lee T-Y, Sun G-H and Chao S-C (2001) The effect of an infertility diagnosis on the distress, marital and sexual satisfaction between husbands and wives in Taiwan. Hum Reprod 16, 1762–1767.</ref> increases anxiety, guilt, somatization and depression.<ref>Fassino S, Pièro A, Boggio S, Piccioni V and Garzano L (2002) Anxiety, depression and anger suppression in infertile couples: a controlled study. Hum Reprod 17, 2986–2994.</ref> It challenges one’s own beliefs and about the world.<ref>Domar A, Zuttermeister PC, Seibel M and Benson H (1992b) Psychological improvement in infertile women after behavioural treatment: a replication. Fertil Steril 58, 144–147.</ref> The social network is affected as well.<ref>Fekkes M, Buitendijk SE, Verrips GHW, Braat DDM, Brewaeys AMA, Dolfing JG, Kortman M, Leerentveld RA and Macklon NS (2003) Health-related quality of life in relation to gender to gender and age in couples planning IVF treatment. Hum Reprod 18, 1536–1543</ref> As purpose of life is terribly shattered person goes in depression and considers himself as useless.

==== Selected ''vajikarana'' herbs and formulations currently in use ====

==== Selected ''vajikarana'' herbs and formulations currently in use ====