Following
me reading this letter I looked up the word hydrosalpinx here is what I found
out:-
‘A hydrosalpinx is a distally blocked fallopian tube filled with serous (various bodily fluids that are typically pale, yellow and transparent) or clear fluid. The blocked tube may become substantially distended giving the tube a characteristic sausage- like or retort-like shape. The condition is often bilateral and the affected tubes can reach several centimetres in diameter. The blocked tubes cause infertility. A fallopian tube filled with blood is called a hematosalpinx and with pus is a pyosalinx.
A hydrosalpinx is a composite of the Greek word hydro (water) and salpinx (trumpet) it’s plural is hydrosalpinges. The major cause for distal tubal occlusion is pelvic inflammatory disease (PiD) usually as a consequence of an ascending infection by chlamydia or gonorrhoea. Or as in my case I got it due to my endometriosis and not from a STD. It’s funny whenever you read up about something like this it explains about STD’s causing it but not about endometriosis or any other disease.
Not all pelvic infections will cause distal tubal occlusion. Tubal Tuberculosis is an uncommon cause of hydrosalpinx formation. While the cilia of the inner lining (endosalpinx) of the fallopian tube bear towards the uterus, tubal fluid is normally discharged via the tubal fimbriae end into the peritoneal cavity from where it is cleared. If the fimbriae end of the tubes become agglutinated (firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass) the resulting obstruction does not allow the tubal fluid to pass. Therefore it accumulates and reverts its flow downstream into the uterus, or production is curtailed (reduced) by damage to the endosalpinx. This tube can no longer participate in the reproductive process as sperm can no longer pass and the egg will not be picked up therefore no fertilisation can occur.
A hematosalpinx is most commonly associated with an ectopic pregnancy. A pyosalpinx is typically seen in a more acute stage of PiD and may be part of a tuboovarian abscess (TOA). Tubal phimosis refers to a situation where the tubal end is paticually occluded, in this case fertility is impeded and the risk of an ectopic pregnancy is increased.
The symptoms can vary some patients have lower often reoccurring abdominal pain or pelvic pain. Meanwhile some people may show no symptoms at all. As tubal function is impeded, infertility is a common symptom patients who are not trying to get pregnant and have no pain may go years without this being detected.
IUD’s, endometriosis and abdominal surgery sometimes are associated with the problem. As a reaction to injury the body rushes inflammatory cells to the area. Inflammation and later healing result in loss of the fimbria and closure of the tube. These infections usually affect both fallopian tubes and although a hydrosalpinx can be one-sided the tube on the opposite side is often abnormal. By the time the tubal fluid is detected it is usually sterile and does not contain an active infection.’
‘A hydrosalpinx is a distally blocked fallopian tube filled with serous (various bodily fluids that are typically pale, yellow and transparent) or clear fluid. The blocked tube may become substantially distended giving the tube a characteristic sausage- like or retort-like shape. The condition is often bilateral and the affected tubes can reach several centimetres in diameter. The blocked tubes cause infertility. A fallopian tube filled with blood is called a hematosalpinx and with pus is a pyosalinx.
A hydrosalpinx is a composite of the Greek word hydro (water) and salpinx (trumpet) it’s plural is hydrosalpinges. The major cause for distal tubal occlusion is pelvic inflammatory disease (PiD) usually as a consequence of an ascending infection by chlamydia or gonorrhoea. Or as in my case I got it due to my endometriosis and not from a STD. It’s funny whenever you read up about something like this it explains about STD’s causing it but not about endometriosis or any other disease.
Not all pelvic infections will cause distal tubal occlusion. Tubal Tuberculosis is an uncommon cause of hydrosalpinx formation. While the cilia of the inner lining (endosalpinx) of the fallopian tube bear towards the uterus, tubal fluid is normally discharged via the tubal fimbriae end into the peritoneal cavity from where it is cleared. If the fimbriae end of the tubes become agglutinated (firmly stick or be stuck together to form a mass) the resulting obstruction does not allow the tubal fluid to pass. Therefore it accumulates and reverts its flow downstream into the uterus, or production is curtailed (reduced) by damage to the endosalpinx. This tube can no longer participate in the reproductive process as sperm can no longer pass and the egg will not be picked up therefore no fertilisation can occur.
A hematosalpinx is most commonly associated with an ectopic pregnancy. A pyosalpinx is typically seen in a more acute stage of PiD and may be part of a tuboovarian abscess (TOA). Tubal phimosis refers to a situation where the tubal end is paticually occluded, in this case fertility is impeded and the risk of an ectopic pregnancy is increased.
The symptoms can vary some patients have lower often reoccurring abdominal pain or pelvic pain. Meanwhile some people may show no symptoms at all. As tubal function is impeded, infertility is a common symptom patients who are not trying to get pregnant and have no pain may go years without this being detected.
IUD’s, endometriosis and abdominal surgery sometimes are associated with the problem. As a reaction to injury the body rushes inflammatory cells to the area. Inflammation and later healing result in loss of the fimbria and closure of the tube. These infections usually affect both fallopian tubes and although a hydrosalpinx can be one-sided the tube on the opposite side is often abnormal. By the time the tubal fluid is detected it is usually sterile and does not contain an active infection.’