Infertility, as is known, is the inability of a woman to conceive after 1 year of unprotected intercourse. In such cases, doctors conduct a wide range of fertility tests in order to understand the exact reason behind such a condition.
Doctors perform the following tests in women having problems of infertility:
If the doctors fail to detect the reason for infertility even after conducting all these tests, such a condition is called unexplained infertility in women. The doctors use their experience and expertise to diagnose this type of infertility.
The main causes for this unexplained, also known as idiopathic infertility are given below:
Idiopathic infertility is found in 30% of women. A thorough assessment of ovulation helps the doctor to identify this type of infertility. The menstrual abnormalities are investigated for hyperprolactinemia, thyroid disease, and polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Also, ovulation is assessed using urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) ovulation predictor kits, endometrial biopsy for endometrial growths, basal body temperature (BBT) recordings, and mid-luteal serum progesterone testing.
Another way of zeroing onto idiopathic infertility involves assessing the ovarian reserve. Aged women with a prior history of ovarian surgery can be at risk of a lower ovarian reserve, which can cause infertility.
Doctors also investigate the uterus contour and fallopian tubes of women using the hysterosalpingography method to check whether the uterus, cul-de-sac and fallopian tubes are in good condition.