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One of the villains of female infertility is clogged or sticky tubes. Do you know what role the French horn plays in pregnancy? The tube or uterine tube is a thin and delicate organ connected to the uterus that looks like little arms. And it is the tubes that capture the egg at the time of ovulation . The tube houses the egg until the sperm reaches it to fertilize, taking the first step for a pregnancy to happen. In this sense, having certainty or predicting the day of ovulation is also of great importance to increase the chances of conception. Therefore, ovulation tests are essential to plan relationships. You can purchase your Famivita ovulation test here on our online store .
The tube is, then, an important and fundamental channel for the pregnancy to start, because in it everything happens. But what if those tubes are blocked, then? If the tubes are blocked, there is no way for the egg to meet the sperm, as the passage would be blocked for both.
What is an Obstructed Horn?
This may be the main reason the couple is unable to get pregnant and requires treatment. Obstructed tubes can happen for a variety of reasons. One of them is the infection caused by bacteria or even sexual diseases such as chlamydia, for example, which create a colony of liquids and mass inside the tubes, causing the obstruction.
One of the biggest villains that provide obstructed tubes is endometriosis . Leaking blood from inside the uterus can cause the tubes to clog . Adhesion of the tube is another reason and, in most cases, is caused by scarring of the tubes, usually after some surgery, childbirth or withdrawal of tubal pregnancy .
Symptoms of Obstructed Horns and Adhesions
The symptoms of obstructed tubes, in most cases, are just that of not being able to get pregnant. In rare cases, this obstruction in the tubes brings some pain or discomfort. Most women trying to conceive should be suspicious of fallopian tube obstruction if they do not become pregnant in more than a year. The responsible physician will order diagnostic tests and, if obstructed tubes are identified, then the best and most appropriate treatment will be indicated.
How to Diagnose
The way to know if the tubes are blocked and to diagnose adherence is called hysterosalpingography . In this exam, an amount of contrast is injected into the woman’s vaginal cavity , thus filling the inside of the uterus for a simple radiograph.
In hysterosalpingography it is very certain to check if there are obstructed tubes or tubes with adhesion. Hysterosalpingography also checks for other problems such as fibroids or uterine polyps that may hinder a pregnancy from happening.
Horn Clearance Video
Video of laparoscopic surgery to unblock the tubes. These are scenes from a SURGERY, so be careful when playing.
Treatments
What to do when the tubes are blocked? If there are adhesions or tubes blocked completely, the doctor will indicate the best procedure, which ranges from surgery for clearance, to procedures such as in vitro fertilization . The surgery of obstructed tubes can be of two types: the traditional one, as a cesarean section , or by more used ways nowadays, like the laparoscopic way of better recovery. The masses that obstruct the tubes can be removed completely in these procedures, thus allowing the pregnancy to happen naturally.
More serious cases, such as hydrosalpinx , for example, may require more invasive treatments or even a direct indication of artificial forms of fertilization. Of course, everything with a medical indication and if you need to ask for more doctors, the patient should feel free to do so. Basic requirement for women trying to conceive over a year, is to request a hysterosalpingography to the trusted doctor. Of course, the investigation should take place with the couple and not just the woman, so if there is a problem, it will be diagnosed more quickly.
See also: Tubal Reversal – Is It Possible That It Happens?
My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.
Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.
