Hydrosalpinx is a disease that troubles a lot of women. It causes inconvenience in many aspects in women's life. Suffers are always concerned for the question that what causes of hydrosalpinx are. To settle this problem, we invite Dr. Lee, a specialist in genito-urinary system diseases, who studies traditional Chinese medicines to give detailed answer to us.
Causes of hydrosalpinx
1. When chronic
salpingitis occurs, adhesion and closure of the tubal fimbria can be easily caused by inflammation. Transudate and exudate in tubal lumen can gradually turns into hydrosalpinx.
2. Tubal empyema is a disease that can convert into hydrosalpinx. That is because the decomposed pus and necrotic tissue in the lumen are removed by the phagocytic cells, which makes pus turn into a clear watery fluid.
3. Some women who have tubal diseases can suffer from hydrosalpinx as well. In fact, inflammation can spread to the tubal can finally cause hydrosalpinx.
4. Gynecological inflammation is also one of the causes. Common gynecological inflammation are
pelvic inflammatory disease and annex inflammation. Respectively, pelvic inflammatory disease occurs in fallopian tubes, uterus and ovary, while annex inflammation is usually found in fallopian tubes and ovaries.
As a matter of fact, infertility which caused by tubal diseases accounts for 1/3 in female infertility. Hydrosalpinx is actually a common disease in chronic inflammation of the fallopian tubes. As to chronic disease, traditional Chinese herbal medicine takes great effect.
