Disorder
Prostate
Disorders
(Male)
Infertility
(Male)
Infertility
(Female)
Impotence
(Male)
Abnormal
Menstruation
(Female)
Tumors
(Female)
Un-descended
Testes (Males)
Ectopic
Pregnancy
(Females)
Premature
Birth
Symptoms
Causes
Effects
Treatment
Disorder
Symptoms
Causes
Effects
Treatment
Prostate
Disorders
(Male)
Difficult
Urination
Bacterial infection, aging,
gonorrhea
Blocked urethra, Antibiotics or
thickening of
removal of
bladder walls
prostate
Infertility
(Male)
Inability to
fertilize an egg
Mumps, STIs, abnormal sperm
cells, low sperm count, heat
sterility
Difficult to treat,
drugs or surgery
in some cases
Infertility
(Female)
Inability to
produce egg
cells
Failure to ovulate, uterine
abnormalities, fallopian tube
too narrow, hormonal defects
sterility
Hormone therapy
Impotence
(Male)
Inability to
produce and
maintain an
erection
Spinal injury, psychological
and emotional causes,
diabetes, alcoholism
Inability to
engage in sexual
intercourse
Dialogue with
family physician,
psychotherapy,
drugs (Viagra)
Abnormal
Menstruation
(Female)
Absence of
menstruation
and pain
Infection, malfunctioning
ovary or pituitary gland
Difficulty
becoming
pregnant
Hormone
therapy, stress
relief
Tumors
(Female)
None in early
stages but
may be
detected by
Pap test
Develop spontaneously,
genetic predisposition
If cancerous
may spread
Surgery, drugs,
radiation
Undescended
Testes
(Males)
Testes not
contained in
scrotum, poor
sperm
production
Unknown
Sterility,
malignant
tumors
Surgery to lower
the testicle into
the scrotum or
remove
completely
Ectopic
Pregnancy
(Females)
Abdominal
pain, bleeding
from uterus,
blackouts
Implantation of embryo in the
fallopian tube, results from
tubal infections
Shock, death
unless embryo
is removed
Operation
(laparotomy)
necessary,
removal of tube
Premature
Birth
Premature
labour
Fetal abnormalities, stress,
hormone imbalance,
structural abnormalities of
uterus or cervix
Pregnancy lasts
less than 37
weeks
Bed rest, drugs,
cervical ties,
antibiotics