{"id":1708,"date":"2022-09-27T13:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/womens-care-of-bradenton\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:55:32","slug":"what-can-cause-diminished-ovarian-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toplinemd.com\/womens-care-of-bradenton\/blog\/what-can-cause-diminished-ovarian-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can Cause Diminished Ovarian Reserve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A diminished ovarian reserve is a diagnosis that entails that the patient has fewer eggs in the ovaries when compared to other patients their age. This condition is also often referred to as low ovarian reserve or egg count.<\/span><\/p>\n

To get pregnant, as we all know, both the egg and the sperm are needed. When the egg count is lower, the patient has less chance of having a baby. This is why when we get older; pregnancy possibilities decrease \u2013 the number of eggs in the ovaries gets lower.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having this diagnosis does not mean that there is no way a person can get pregnant; it simply means that getting impregnated might take more time, it might be more complex, and you might also have to consider fertility treatments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If <\/span>infertility treatment<\/span><\/a> is something you are interested in and want to find out more about, make sure you visit <\/span>Women’s Care of Bradenton<\/span><\/a> where the expert staff is prepared to answer all your questions and offer support along the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The number of eggs differs during different periods of your life, but the highest count of eggs can be found when you are born (one to two million). Throughout life, you lose the eggs, and by menopause time, women have less than one thousand eggs. The egg quantity, and generally the diagnosis of a diminished ovarian reserve, is given through ovarian reserve testing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Symptoms of Low Ovarian Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n

The majority of women do not have any type of symptoms of low ovarian reserve, and they notice it only after months and years of trying to get impregnated. Some women can have a shorter menstrual cycle, while some feel perimenopause symptoms such as hot flashes, dryness of the vagina, and irregular menstrual periods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Causes of Low Ovarian Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n

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As mentioned before, the number of eggs in our bodies decreases as we get older, so the first and biggest cause of this condition is aging. Sometimes medical experts say that there is no cause, while other times, the following can contribute to the lowering of the number of eggs in the ovaries:<\/span><\/p>\n