Are you tempted to buy hundreds of dollars to use a product that someone told you could help you clear your tubes? Read through this important interview discussing what you can do about blocked tubes.
Debbie: What can you tell us about women with blocked tubes? Can you help them? :. I know this can be avery disheartening diagnosis. Because if this diagnosis is true then there is only one way you can become pregnant and that is through IVF invitrofertilisation.
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However we find that many times when there has been a diagnosis of blocked tubes, pregnancies still occur naturally.
Debbie How in the world does that happen?
Well, if the test is actually giving an inaccurate diagnosis, or a false positive, the tubes can actually be absolutely fine. You see, there is one test to check the tubes by putting dye through them and seeing if the dye comes out the other end of the tube. This can be done in two ways. 1) a laparoscopy where you are put under general anesthesia and they check the tubes while you are under. 2) a hysterosalpingogram alone. This is essentially the same test but they do it while you are awake and you avoid a surgery. It is done in a radiology department where you would have an ultrasound done.
In this test, as I said, dye is put through the tubes to see if they are clear or patent. If they are, the physician or radiographer will see a "spill" into the peritoneal cavity. This means they can see the dye exiting the tube.
If they don't see this spill, the diagnosis can be a blocked tube.
Debbie: So how can this end up being a "false positive" i.e. a diagnosis of tubes blocked but they are really not blocked?
: Sometimes when the dye goes through the tube the tube can actually spasm and make it very difficult or impossible to get the dye through the tube. This can happen in both the laparoscopy while you are under anesthetic or in the HSG while you are awake.
Some people will tell you that the tubes are less likely to spasm with a Laparoscopy because you are under general anesthetic. But this simply isn't true. The movement of the egg through the tubes is done by cilia which are are created through smooth muscle contractions. This means its not voluntary, it happens automatically. So whether you are awake or asleep shouldn't impact smooth muscle contraction, unless a person is extremely stressed or trained by biofeedback to effect this type of muscular contraction.
Debbie: So sometimes due to either procedure the tubes can spasm and then they might think the tubes are blocked but they really aren't.
That's right. And a good thing that can happen with either of these procedures is, if the tubes are blocked the procedure may actually unblock the tubes due to the pressure exerted on the blockage while the dye is injected. This appears to be less likely to occur if there is a history scarring or damage to the tubes by Chlamydia infection Or even damage from a previous surgery. If there is just a mucous plug for example, in the tubes then the dye may help to unplug the tube so to speak.
Debbie: So scarring in the tubes can be a serious problem. What is this caused from?
Scarring can be caused by an infection in or around the uterus. The sexually transmitted disease known as Chlamydia, if left untreated could damage the tubes or endometriosis can also cause damage to the tubes as well. It doesn't mean though if you have had an infection or endometriosis that your tubes will definitely be blocked. As a matter of fact I know of women who have had Chlamydia or endometriosis and they didn't have blocked tubes and had children naturally so it really depends on the individuals case.
Debbie: What else could cause blocked tubes if they are truly blocked?
Well, I have seen an increased incidence in some smokers. The tar from the nicotine decreases the cilia's ability (in the nose) to keep the toxins out of the body. Since there is cilia in the fallopian tubes that help move the egg and fluid through the tubes, it is possible that the toxins from cigarettes could impact this cilia as well and keep them from functioning properly which in turn could make the fluid more gluggly and mucousy in the tubes.
Debbie: Okay, got it. So if the tubes are blocked can herbs clear them?
I am a herbalist and I know of no known herbs that can unblock tubes. Ignore the marketing ploys out there to get you to buy their herbs to unblock tubes. There are a few companies out there claiming that their herbs can unblock tubes but when I have contacted them for proof and told them I am a herbalist they never got back to me. Hmmm. Makes me suspicious that they are just preying on people who are in a desperate situation.
However there are a few ways that natural therapies may be able to help.
1) If there was a false positive, or simply if you were diagnosed with blocked tubes, before rushing in to a procedure, take some time to prepare your body and mind. If the body is a bit out of balance, the information that you receive from seeing someone who specialises in natural fertility and the herbs to help optimize hormone balance could help to improve your situation and help the body create healthier eggs and endometrial lining which is likely a good step toward conceiving.
2) If the tubes are blocked and IVF is the only option then herbs and supplements have been used to help couples prepare for IVF to hopefully optimize their chances of conceiving. Best to give it atleast 3-6 months before the procedure for it to work best.
3) There are some programs such as http://www.clearpassage.com that Claim they may be able to unblock tubes with certain deep tissue techniques, but there again is no way to know if they treatment caused the tubes to be clear or if the tubes weren't blocked in the first place.
4) Get yourself as healthy and fit as you can to become pregnant which in turn can improve your cellular health. Your eggs, ovaries, fallopian tubes, follicles and the semen and sperm are all made up of cells so improving over all cellular health and optimizing hormone balance is your best way forward to becoming pregnant.
Debbie: So can you ever know for sure if the tubes are blocked?
Well, you can't know for sure, but if you have the procedure done a second time, a few months apart (preferably not under anesthesia again) and it is still comes up that your tubes are blocked then you have to wonder. The body changes so much though. Don't give up hope, just do the best you can to prepare to become pregnant either naturally or with IVF.
Can Herbs Really Help Blocked Fallopian Tubes
Stacey Roberts
The Babymaker (TM)
http://www.naturalfertility.com
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