What disturbs mums after the procedure of artificial insemination?
One of the most common complications of this procedure is the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. He is due to the fact that the very procedure of IVF is preceded by a course of hormone therapy, which in turn is aimed at increasing the number of ripening follicles. As a result, the sex glands themselves increase in size, which often leads to the formation of cysts.
With hyperactive ovaries, women complain about:
- pain in the abdomen;
- decrease in the volume of excreted urine;
- the appearance of nausea;
- impaired digestion (diarrhea);
- an increase in the abdomen in the volume (ascites).
This kind of disorder is treated out-patient, by prescribing hormonal drugs. With a large size of the cysts, a surgical operation can be prescribed.
With what other consequences for the organism can face women after IVF?
If hyperstimulation occurs quite often and is easily amenable to correction, then there are other, so-called immediate consequences, which directly depend on the individual characteristics of the organism. Among them are:
- allergic reaction to drugs used in the procedure;
- inflammatory process, as a result of improper puncture of the ovaries and infection;
- internal bleeding, as a result of vascular damage during puncture;
- the appearance of digestive disorders, dizziness, weakness, - the side effects of hormone therapy.
Among the long-term consequences of IVF for women's health, the most exciting is oncology, which in most cases is a myth of opponents of the procedure. In fact, no studies have been carried out on this account.
But cardiomyopathy - a change in the state of the heart muscle, without the pathology of the valvular apparatus - can develop 1-2 years after the procedure. It leads to an increase in the permeability of the vascular walls, which ultimately reduces the elasticity of the muscle. In such cases the woman needs treatment, which is prescribed individually.