New Indpress

Bangalore, Dec 8: The IT lifestyle has wreaked havoc in Bangalore’s bedrooms. A large number of IT women engage in sex only once in 120-180 days as against alternate days among the normal couple. The result: Many of them are suffering from infertility due to sexual dysfunction.

Doctors say that this is common due to psychological implications and hormonal imbalances, which are interrelated, leading to anovulation. Long and irregular hours of work and intake of fast food have led to the change in lifestyle. The other most common factor is non-consummated marriages, leading to absence of sexual activity among IT professionals.

On an average, 20-25 infertility cases are reported in a week across various sexologist clinics in the city. Gynaecologists are of the view that since most of the cases are due to the hectic lifestyle, women can conceive, if they get back to their normal stable lifestyle. But, because these women approach sexologists after 5-10 years, chances are bleak.

Consultant gynaecologist and sexologist Dr Padmini Prasad gets at least 10-15 cases of infertile women on the weekends, and about 5-10 cases on weekdays.

“The long hours of work are intervening normal sexual activities among these professionals. In women, infrequent menstruation and ovulation disturbances are increasing,” she said.

Over 20-30 percent of infertility cases are due to non-consummated marriages, where the women are unable to cooperate for intercourse. Professor of OBG at government-run Vanivilas Hospital Dr K V Malini told this website’s newspaper that most women are between 24-38 years of age and a small percentage of these women are obese. Polycystic ovarian disease is quite common among these women.