Anovulation or difficulty ovum maturation affects approximately six up to fifteen percent of women in fertile age or period. Anovulation refers to a condition that affects the female reproductive system, where difficulty ovum maturation so that no ovum is released from the ovary and into the fallopian tubes to be fertilized or expelled when menstruation. This can cause pregnant women to be difficult, because there is no ovum to be fertilized. As for women who have irregular ovulation, they still have a chance to get pregnant, because they can still ovulate even if rare.
Hard boiled ovum cell is generally caused by a disruption of hormonal imbalance in the body. Body hormones such as estrogen and progesterone help to trigger your body's reproductive cycle, including ovulation (release of an ovum cell that has been mature) and menstruation.
Here are some disruption of hormonal imbalance that can cause difficulty ovum maturation:
1. Polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a syndrome that can result in a woman experiencing ketidaksemibangan hormone. Because the hormones in the body is not balanced, the release of an ovum cell was hampered because the difficulty maturation ovums. This makes the periods become irregular and cause infertility, so that makes her difficult pregnancy. About 90 percent of cases of anovulation is caused by PCOS and normally occurring hereditary.
2. Luteinised Unruptured Follicle Syndrome. In some cases, the ovum may have matured, but the follicles fail to release, so that the ovum can not be fertilized. This is called Luteinised Unruptured Follicle Syndrome (LUFS).
3. Obesity. Many studies show that obesity has a relationship with anovulation in women. Obesity or overweight can cause hormonal imbalance, which affects the fertility of women. In addition, excess weight will also cause ovarian dysfunction.
4. Eating disorders. Eating disorders such as anoreksia or bulimia can disrupt and even stop the woman's menstrual cycle. There was no menstrual cycle, means no ovulation. Without ovulation, pregnant women will be difficult.
5. Age. Age can affect the supply of ovum cells can be generated. Increased age also make a woman's fertility decreases. This resulted in disruption of the monthly menstrual cycle in the absence of ovulation.
6. Ovarian hypofunction. Ovarian hypofunction is a decreasing function of the ovary, including the decline in hormone production caused by genetic factors such as chromosomal abnormalities or normal ovarian function. This will cause her difficult pregnancy, because ovarian hypofunction may also cause anovulation.
7. Stress. Stress can affect the hormones in the body, including hormones related to reproductive system. This causes interference with the normal menstrual cycle because ovulation becomes irregular. Thus the number of immature ovums increased.
