What Is Fallopian Tube Blockage?
In Ayurveda the tube blockage comes under artavaha srotas. The artavaha srotas covers the whole female reproductive tract and includes the structural and functional unit from the hypothalamus to the uterus. Fallopian tubes in Ayurveda is called artava bija vaha srotas as it carries bija rupi artava.
Fallopian tube is a part of female reproductive system. It is a ‘J’ shaped muscular tubes also known as uterine tubes or oviducts or salpinx. The fallopian tubes extend laterally from the uterus that opens into the abdominal cavity near the ovaries.
Functions of Fallopian Tube Blockage
The fallopian tubes act as a pathway for the passage of the ovum from the ovary to the uterus. The oviducts help in the movement of female gamete. The anatomical structure of the inner part of the tubes helps the ovum to float towards the uterus and supplies it with nutrients.
Symptoms of blockage in fallopian tubes
Symptom of the blocked fallopian tube is not mentioned in the ayurvedic ancient texts, as tubal blockage term is not used in Ayurveda. However the clinical features can be understood by considering all the gynecological disorders. Infertility (bandhyatva) is the chief complain and through investigation tubal blockage is diagnosed. Bandhyatva is the main symptoms of blocked tube.
Usually the symptoms of blockage in fallopian tubes is not known until the women faces problems in getting pregnant. In certain cases the blocked tubes may cause mild and continuous pain on one side of the abdomen.
Hydrosalpinx is a kind of blocked fallopian. The blocked fallopian tubes symptoms in this include low abdominal pain and vaginal discharge. The symptoms may not be experienced by all women.
Causes of Fallopian Tube Blockage
- Fallopian tube blockage causes infertility in a woman. In Ayurveda the causes of blockage is accumulation and vitiation of doshas.
- Vata dosha is responsible for any movement in the body channels. Due to the accumulation of the toxins there is dryness and narrowness of the channels that blocks the free movement of vata dosha. It can be sclerosis of the tubes or abnormal function of the tubes causing the tubal blockage.
- Pitta dosha is the other important cause of the blocked tubes. The main function of pitta is digestion and metabolism. The imbalance in pitta dosha causes inflammation and certain infection in the tubes thus resulting in blockage.
- Excessive accumulation of the pus in the tubes causing the obstruction is due to vitiated kapha dosha.
- Apart from the doshas, dietary factors such as light food, bitter, pungent, sour, salty, hot, not easily digestible foods, sweet, abhishyandi etc causes tubal blockage.
- Life style that includes excessive sexual intercourse, fasting, excessive workout, trauma, injury, sedentary lifestyle, sleeping in day time, improper vamana, anger, suppression of natural urges etc leads to fallopian tubes blockage.
The causes of bilateral tubal blockage includes–
- Abortion
- Miscarriage
- Abdominal surgery
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Ruptured appendix
- Uterine infection
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Any previous infection such as chlamydia
- Any surgery in or near the uterine tubes.
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