Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother -Lin Yutang
The desire to sustain and nurture human
life is one of the most basic instincts of the female species. The
ability to do this is made possible through a series of complex
processes beginning with ovulation, fertilisation, implantation,
established pregnancy and, eventually, labour and delivery.
We know and it is a fact that our
experience over the last three years has shown significant improvement
on Oocyte yield after detoxification. For example, patients going for
sex selection and having no follicle development on two or more IVF
attempts now produce up to 20 eggs after 10 days of Mayr detoxification
therapy.
Ovulation is one of the major
requirements for fertilisation and it is an indication of fertility. It
signals the release of an ovum or egg from the ovarian follicle. The
ovum or egg cell is the female reproductive haploid cell (gamete). In
humans, ova are produced by the female gonads (sexual glands) called
ovaries and all of them are present at birth and mature in cycles.
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This ovum, once released, will make the
journey down the fallopian tube into the uterus where it will be ready
for fertilisation by spermatozoa (sperm cells)
Ovulatory disorders are one of the most
common reasons why women are unable to conceive, and account for 30 per
cent of women’s infertility.
Anovulation describes a condition in
which a woman’s ovaries do not properly develop and mature eggs to be
released monthly.
This can be due to the following causes, among others:
• Premature ovarian failure, a situation which occurs when the woman’s ovaries stop working before she is 40.
• PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) that
is, the woman’s ovaries function abnormally. She also has abnormally
high levels of androgens (male hormones)
• Hyperprolactinaemia – that is high prolactin levels. Such women may experience milky nipple discharge.
• Poor egg quality, meaning the eggs are
damaged or develop genetic abnormalities that cannot sustain a
pregnancy. Older women are at risk.
• Overactive/underactive thyroid gland
• Chronic medical conditions, such as AIDS or cancer and other such conditions
• After-effect of chemotherapy in cancer patients.
It is also a well known and established
fact that failed ovulation occurs as a result of various behavioural,
hormonal and environmental factors which, when present in affected
women, have been proved to consistently impair desired fertility.
Behavioural factors include bad dietary
habits leading to either obesity, overweight or underweight; lack of or
too much exercise; smoking, leading to accumulation of toxins in the
body; alcohol and drug abuse, which not only impair ovulation, but can
cause damage to the unborn child and even reduce sperm production and
quality in males.
Some examples of theses culpable drugs
include steroids (found in some body and hair creams and soaps, among
other things), marijuana and cocaine. The passive smokers in case of
cigarette and marijuana are also not spared.
Environmental and occupational factors
include exposure to toxins and chemicals from the environment. These
toxins may be absorbed into the body through the skin, respiratory
airways, foods ingested such as fish from contaminated lagoon or sea,
repeated X-rays and others factors. Environmental toxins include heavy
metals like lead, mercury, ethylene oxide, dibromochloropropane and
radiation.
Women working or living in or around
chemical industries, women who use certain types of bleaching creams and
soaps, as well as women who consume some types of food which have been
exposed to these chemicals are particularly at risk.
Another important risk factor is the
consumption of fruits and vegetable salads that have not been thoroughly
washed; they could transmit some bacteria and fungi into the alimentary
canal, causing the intestinal Candida which, in itself, is a source of
toxins.
Hormonal factors have also been
implicated in impairing ovulation. This is because the process of
ovulation itself is a delicate and complex interaction between multiple
endocrine glands, involving the timely release of certain hormones in
the correct quantities in order for a desired response to be achieved.
This interplay occurs mainly between the
hypothalamus, pituitary glands, the thyroid glands, the ovaries and
other endocrine glands such as the adrenal glands and the pancreas which
play seemingly minor but highly significant roles. For instance,
polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition where the ovary is laced with
very small anovulatory follicles arranged like beads on the ovary, has
been linked to a problem with carbohydrate metabolism involving insulin
from the pancreas.
Behavioural and environmental factors
earlier mentioned have been shown to be key players in determining how
well this hormonal interplay balances out and results in overall
reproductive health.
To be concluded
- Oladapo Ashiru/Punch
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