Nuevo León occupies the third place nationally in cases of infertility after Mexico City and Jalisco, a condition that for years has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a disease on the rise, said Víctor Alfonso Batiza, a Monterrey specialist and former president of the Mexican Association of Reproductive Medicine.
In a press conference, the expert commented that today 20 percent of the population of reproductive age suffers from infertility in Mexico, a percentage that is no less than that which led to the construction of medical infrastructure for adequate treatment.
Currently an assisted reproduction treatment has a cost of 5 thousand 500 dollars, against the 20 or 25 thousand dollars it costs in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, For this reason, Mexico and especially Nuevo León are a medical destination for people from other countries who turn to the clinics that exist in the country and in the state.
He said that according to a study by Allied Market Research, around 12 thousand 610 million euros were invoiced worldwide in 2018, a figure that will increase in the coming years until doubling in 2026, when turnover is expected to reach more than 25 billion euros. EUR .
In 2020, approximately 12,000 high and low complexity assisted fertility treatments were performed in Mexico, approximately in the clinics of the Mexican Association of Reproductive Medicine.
In Nuevo Leon there are 5 clinics that perform this fertility procedure assisted fertilization, it is estimated that around 2,500 assisted fertilization procedures were performed during 2020.
Diabetes affects this disease
The specialist said that diabetes affects this disease.
“The treatment is relatively short, from about 15 days to 18 days from the beginning of the stimulation until the transfer and 15 days after to get pregnant, what may take longer is the evaluation of the couple to have a diagnosis of the origin of the infertility,” she stressed.
It also has to do with the pace of life and even pollution so that a couple cannot reproduce.
For his part, Lorenzo González Berchelmann, gynecologist, commented that both men and women find themselves in the same circumstances suffering from infertility (it is 50-50 percent), there are male and female causes and also mixed.
“It has a psychological and social impact on couples who cannot get pregnant, it is a social and family pressure. It’s a real tragedy that you can’t have children.”
The causes of infertility can be genetic, infectious, immunological and hormonal, although there could be other factors.
The diagnosis can be made by a gynecologist and a biologist.
Nuevo León has a long history in this assisted infertility specialty.
“Among the elements that play a crucial role in achieving pregnancy are cutting-edge drugs and treatments, which are reaching the Mexican market through pharmaceutical laboratories that bet on the fertility market. Currently, Corne Laboratories offers a more efficient alternative to treat the hormonal problem in women with infertility, and this allows us to design a personalized scheme for each patient”.
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