The Silent Threat to Fertility: How STIs Can Damage Reproductive Health (Episode 86)
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Dr. Yemi Famuyiwa discusses the impact of sexually transmitted infections on fertility and reproductive health.
In this important episode of Fertile Talks, Dr. Yemi Famuyiwa addresses a rarely discussed but growing cause of infertility worldwide: sexually transmitted infections. Many STIs—including chlamydia and gonorrhea—are often silent and go undetected for years, yet can cause lasting damage to the reproductive system in both women and men. Dr. Famuyiwa explains how untreated infections can quietly ascend through the reproductive tract, triggering inflammation, scarring, tubal blockage, ectopic pre...
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