Autoimmune disorders are the conditions in which body’s immune system attacks its own body tissues mistakenly.
Women get autoimmune disease at the rate of 6.4% while men have 2.7% rate some autoimmune diseases run in families. Some common autoimmune diseases are:
- Type I diabetes
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Multiple sclerosis
- Grave’s disease etc.
All these diseases effect the body differently with induction treatment, many of the autoimmune diseases can be managed.
Many autoimmune disorders have adverse effect on fertility.
Many a times autoimmune disorder attacks the ovaries this leads to diminished ovarian reserve this it become difficult for a woman to conceive with diminished ovarian reserve.
In other cases, a woman with an autoimmune disorder may be able to conceive. However, then her immune system might mistakenly take the growing baby as a foreign body’s attack it.This can lead to recurrent miscarriages.
Autoimmune disorders can also lead to many pregnancy complications like- pre-eclampsia, preterm delivery -This, it becomes essential to closely work on your autoimmune disease and plan your pregnancy, under physician supervisions.
Treatment options:
1. IUI (Intrauterine insemination)
2. IVF (In vitro fertilization)This option can help the patient overcome many barriers of conception and have a healthy baby under continuous physician guidance.
