INDICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE COUPLE – STERILITY

  1. Sterility after the exclusion or resolving of other possible causes of sterility.
  2. The condition after two unsuccessful IVF cycles.
  3. In women and men with a diagnosis related to impaired immunity (e.g., systemic autoimmunity, malignancy, etc.) as part of the examination of the causes of sterility.

INDICATIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE COUPLE – INFERTILITY

  1. After two abortions – after the exclusion or resolving of other possible causes.
  2. In women with a diagnosis related to impaired immunity (e.g., systemic autoimmunity, malignancy) as part of the basic screening of the causes of sterility.
  3. Relative indication includes complications of advanced pregnancy type IUGR, preeclampsia, the HELLP syndrome in the history.

CONTRAINDICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

  1. An acute infectious disease.
  2. The condition after a recent childbirth or abortion or after surgery in the abdominal cavity – a time lapse of at least 6 weeks.
  3. An ongoing hormone therapy is a relative contraindication (hormonal contraceptives, ovarian hyper stimulation, hormone therapy of endocrinopathy, of endometriosis, etc.). It is recommended to examine only if the termination or completion of the therapy is not possible. A time lapse of at least one menstrual cycle after the completion of the therapy is recommended (if this is possible).
  4. An ongoing immuno-intervention (immunosuppressive or immuno-stimulation) therapy is a relative contraindication. It is recommended to examine only if the termination or completion of the therapy is not possible.
  5. Abuse of addictive substances.

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