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Reproductive health

Good reproductive health is influenced by a number of factors including heredity , lifestyle , and habits , nutrition and diet , stress , fatigue , poor hygiene , smoking , use of energy stimulants , alcohol , certain medications , etc . A primary cause in the disruption of a woman ’ s reproductive systems may be traced to chronic inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs . As a result , the woman may face infertility , miscarriage , or various pathologies of fetal development , morbidity during pregnancy and childbirth , or the inability to reproduce healthy offspring .
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