Can Vaginal Discharge Cause Infertility?

Can Vaginal Discharge Cause Infertility? 

Dear Dr,

Does or can vaginal discharge prevent pregnancy?

Janet Alumona, Mkar, Benue

Dear Janet,

It is a very interesting question which correct health education answers better than any other. We have a free report accessible form our blog at www.mediamedix.blogspot.com  where we talked expansively on vaginal discharge; we delineated at least ten different types. 

To answer your question, the correct thing to do is to first determine what type of discharge a woman is having. This is because there are discharges that are NORMAL while there are those that are abnormal. To determine what type of discharge it is, you obviously need to see a doctor/gynecologist.

Normal discharges include the type that comes with ovulation. Abnormal ones include the one that follows infections with Gonorrhea or Chlamydia which are STD’s. Now if one has Chlamydia or Gonorrhea, there is the very possible complication of PID or pelvic inflammatory disease which generally blocks the fallopian tubes of women. 

Now once a woman's tubes are blocked, she becomes infertile or at the least, sub-fertile. Blocked tubes are generally difficult to overcome; some doctors believing in surgery (tuboplasty or tubectomy) on the tubes while others do not. 

Apart from surgery, there is some evidence that complementary care can be of some help. For further help, call the help-lines.

Cheers

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