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What lifestyle factors affect fertility?
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David L. Keefe, M.D., NYU Fertility Center: While we don't completely understand all the factors that determine egg quality,
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there are a number of lifestyle factors that are known to be associated with poor egg quality.
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For example, women that smoke, particularly women that smoke early on in their lives, continue to smoke, and smoke heavily
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have lower egg quality.
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They tend to go through menopause a little earlier.
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They have lower fertility when they go through any given treatment than women who didn't smoke.
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There are some genetic conditions that cause early deterioration of eggs.
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Women that are carriers of a premutation in the Fragile X mutation are predisposed to early menopause and disrupted egg quality.
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Some women who are too overweight or too underweight may have subtle abnormalities in egg quality.
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So, the secret to maintaining healthy egg quality is to avoid smoking.
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Whenever possible, avoid drugs that can disrupt egg quality.
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And, of course, if you carry genetic problems, have those tested before you attempt to conceive,
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such as Fragile X or other genetic problems that are predisposed to early menopause.
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