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Reproductive Health — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYReproductive Health4 Marks
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Suggest some methods to assist infertile couples to have children.
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→ A discussion on reproductive health is incomplete without the mention of infertility.
→ A large number of couples all over the world including India are infertile, i.e., they are unable to produce children inspite of unprotected sexual co-habitations to come
→ The reasons for this could be many-physical, congenital, diseases, drugs, immunological or even psychological.
→ In India, often the female is blamed for the couple being childless, but more often than not, the problem lies in the male partner.
→ Specialised health care units (infertility clinics, etc.) could help in diagnosis and corrective treatment of some of these disorders and enable these couples to have children,
→ However, where such corrections are not possible, the couples could be assisted to have children through certain special techniques commonly known as assisted reproductive techniques.
(i) In vitro fertilisation :
→ In vitro fertilisation IVF fertilisation outside the body in almost similar conditions as that in the body) followed by embryo transfer (ET) is one of such methods.
→ In this method popularly known as test tube baby programme, ova from the wife/donor (female) and sperm from the husband/donor (male) are collected and are induced to form zygote under simulated conditions in the laboratory.
(a) ZIFT Zygote intra fallopian transfer :
→ The zygote or early embryos (with upto 8 blastomeres) could then be transferred into the fallopian tube (ZIFT-zygote intra fallopian transfer)
(b) IUT Intra Uterine Transfer :
→ Embryos with more than 8 blastomeres, into the uterus (IUT-intra uterine transfer), to complete its further development.
(c) Intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI):
→ Intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is another specialised procedure to form an embryo in the laboratory in which a sperm is directly injected into the ovum.
(ii) In vitro fertilisation :
→ In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a complex series of procedures used to help with fertility or prevent genetic problems and assist with the conception of a child. During IVF, mature eggs are collected (retrieved) from ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab.
(a) GIFT - gamete intra fallopian transfer :
→ Transfer of an ovum collected from a donor into the fallopian tube (GIFT - gamete intra fallopian transfer) of another female who cannot produce one, but can provide suitable environment for fertilisation and further development is another attempted method.
(b) IUI intra-uterine insemination :
→ Infertility cases either due to inability of the male partner to inseminate the female or due to very low sperm counts in the ejaculates, could be corrected by artificial insemination (Al) technique.
→ In this technique, the semen collected either from the husband or a healthy donor is artificially introduced either into the vagina or into the uterus (IUI intra-uterine insemination) of the female.
→ Though options are many, all these techniques require extremely high precision handling by specialised professionals and expensive instrumentation.
→ Therefore, these facilities are presently available only in very few centres in the country.
→ Obviously their benefits are affordable to only a limited number of people.
→ Emotional, religious and social factors are also deterrents in the adoption of these methods.
→ Since the ultimate aim of all these procedures is to have children, in India we have so many orphaned and destitute children, who would probably not survive till maturity, unless taken care of.
→ Our laws permit legal adoption and it is as yet, one of the best methods for couples looking for parenthood.

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