Journal of Andrology & Gynaecology

Research Article

Gonadotropins Disorder among Reproductive Age Women that Attended Fertility Clinics in Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria

Nanna A*, Igberase G and Sado J

Department of obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Pathology Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta State and Afriglobal Medicare Limited, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria
*Address for Correspondence: Abimibola Nanna, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria, Email: bolanannal@gmail.com
Submission: 1 March, 2021; Accepted: 5 April, 2021; Published: 10 April, 2021
Copyright: © 2021 Nanna A. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

The inability of couples of reproductive age women to conceive after a year of regular sexual Intercourse is term infertility. Hormonal abnormality of the hypothalamic-pituitary- gonadal axis is one of the cause of infertility. Thus, the measurement of peptide and steroid hormones in serum is an essential aspect of the evaluation of infertility.
Method: This is a retrospective study of gonadotropin disorder of 268 reproductive age women between 20-45 years and with infertility duration between 2-7 years, who attended fertility clinics at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria between 2015-2020.
Results: The mean age of 268 reproductive age women is 33.50 ± 5.3 which accounts for 85.5 % menstruating while 14.5 % non- menstruating and with infertility duration of 2 to 7 years. Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism accounts for12.3 % with mean FSH, LH, Progesterone of 48.39±31.28, 30.91±-16.4, 0.34±0.14, p-value ,0.05 while hypogonadotropic hypogonadism accounts for 2.2 % with mean FSH, LH of 0.62±0.56, 0.46± 0.5, p-value .>0.05 and progesterone of 0.33 ±0.22 with p-value <0.04. In addition, isolated FSH group account for the functional gonadotropin secreting tumors which represent 11.6% and mean FSH, LH values of 15.55±8.6, 6.84±2.4 with p-value of < 0.05. Also, normal gonadotropins group accounts for 73.9% with a mean for FSH, LH of 5.61±1.5, 5.16±2.2 and with p-value <0.05.
Conclusion: One of the causes of infertility among reproductive age women in this study are hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and gonadotropin secreting adenomas which accounts for 26.1 % of gonadotropins disorder and this findings need early intervention by the clinical team in our setting.