Does Blocked Fallopian Tubes Prevent Your Pregnancy?

The fallopian tube plays a vital role in the process of pregnancy. It transports sperm from the uterine cavity to the fallopian tube. Also, eggs can be transported and collected from the ovary into the fallopian tube. Finally, the encounter between sperm and egg also occurs in it.

Tubal obstruction mainly leads to female infertility, which accounts for 25% to 35% of female infertility. So, what causes tubal obstruction? Can you still be a mother if your fallopian tube is blocked?

What is blocked fallopian tubes?

Blocked fallopian tubes are mainly caused by inflammation, congenital reasons, artificial operation, etc. Most of the patients with tubal obstruction have no apparent symptoms. But if it is blocked and inflamed, it will cause lower abdominal pain, distension, abnormal leucorrhea, low back pain, and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease symptoms.

How to prevent a fallopian tube?

First, women should start with a small thing and avoid private infection.

1. Do an excellent job in personal hygiene. Pay attention to private health, especially the sanitation of the vulva. Do not share sanitary tools with others, such as basins and towels, to prevent cross-infection and various pathogens.

2. Pay attention to sexual hygiene. Unclean sexual life will cause bacteria into the vagina to cause infection. If there are vaginal bleeding symptoms, stop the sexual life.

3. There is an early treatment for inflammation. Women with appendicitis and other diseases should take active therapy until they are fully recovered to prevent chronic inflammation conversion.

4. Avoid improper gynecological operations. In the uterine cavity operation, strict disinfection is required to prevent bacteria from entering the uterus and causing infection. For example, abortion, labor, curettage, tubal fluid circulation operation to avoid damage to the reproductive organs, causing infection.

How can you know if your fallopian tube is blocked?

The most common method to diagnose tubal obstruction is to make a tubography examination. Salpingography is usually done within 3-7 days after menstruation is clean and there is no inflammation. Also, do the check when you have regular leucorrhea inspection and do not have sex. There are two kinds of salpingography examinations: X-ray examination and the other is B-ultrasound.

Can you be pregnant when having blocked fallopian tubes?

It depends. Tubal blockage can lead to pregnancy. If one side of the fallopian tube is blocked and the other is unobstructed, you can get pregnant naturally, but it will reduce pregnancy probability.

According to the degree of blockage, there are three types of fallopian tube blockage: the first is that the fallopian tube is unobstructed. Although the fallopian tube is in circulation, its fluidity is not very smooth. The second type is tubal obstruction, mainly due to the increased blockage area.

The above two types of tubal obstruction can be treated by fallopian tube surgery and radiography. After surgery, women can continue or achieve a natural pregnancy with outpatient ovulation induction and monitoring ovulation. If the fallopian tube is blocked by inflammation, the herbal medicine Fuyan Pill is also a good choice. It works to unblock the tubes, clear up tubal fluids (hydrosalpinx), eliminate blood stasis, and wipe out the toxins to restore your reproductive system.

The third type is a completely blocked fallopian tube, mainly manifested as stiffness, spasm, and scar. In this case, the probability of natural pregnancy is minimal. It is recommended to carry out assisted reproductive technology, often called IVF.

Many women can not have children because of tubal infertility, which affects their health and the whole family. Therefore, if you've been preparing for pregnancy for one year and fail, you should go to the hospital in time for examination and take active treatment.