Restoring ovarian function: a new step in reproductive surgery

Why is the functioning of the ovaries disrupted?

Causes of ovarian dysfunction:

Diseases of the internal genital organs (inflammation, tumors, injuries, congenital pathology).
Diseases of the endocrine system (diabetes mellitus, obesity, thyroid disease).
Diseases of the nervous system, including stress and fatigue.
Side effects of medications.
Abortions, miscarriages, complications after previous births.
Malnutrition, lack of vitamins.

If all these causes are identified and eliminated or excluded, it is possible to stimulate the ovaries with medications or folk remedies.

Before starting treatment, it is recommended to consult with a specialist and undergo an examination.

YOGA FOR HORMONAL DISORDERS

In addition to the asanas described above, yoga has a separate set of exercises that help restore the functioning of the endocrine system. This complex consists of several exercises and is called Bandha. To correct the functioning of the thyroid gland, it is recommended to perform the Jalandhara Bandha (Throat Tension) exercise. To do it correctly, you need to sit in the Lotus position. Keep your back straight, take a deep breath, lower your chin to your neck, hold your breath. After half a minute or a minute (or as long as you can hold out), you need to raise your head to the starting position and inhale through your nose. Repeat 3 times. For problems with the cervical spine or hyperfunction of the shield. It is not recommended to do glands. Before starting training, consult your doctor!

Udyana Bandha exercise. It should be done on an empty stomach, intestines and bladder. You can perform it 1-2 hours before or after meals (like any physical activity). Udyan strengthens the abdominal muscles, is good for the respiratory system and for gynecological problems. To perform this exercise, stand straight, place your feet shoulder-width apart, and place your hands on your hips, fingers pointing inward. Lean forward and exhale deeply through your mouth. Holding your breath, draw in your abdominal cavity as much as possible. Don't breathe as much as you can. Straighten up and breathe in the air. Repeat 2-3 times.

Do not do this exercise if you are on your period, pregnant, have high blood pressure or heart problems.

YOGA FOR DIABETES, PROBLEMS WITH THE GUINORINITIAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

Yoga classes in general are very beneficial for the whole body. They calm the nervous system, help to relax, achieve balance and harmony. This is very important for those who suffer from hormonal disorders, because one of the causes of endocrine disorders is increased cortisol (stress hormone).

Certain exercises are especially useful. So, in addition to the complex described above, for gynecological problems it is recommended to perform the Paschimottanasana asana (“Seated Forward Bend”). To do this, sit on the mat with your legs stretched straight forward. As you exhale, try to touch your feet with your hands. Ideally, you want your chest to touch your legs and your forehead to touch your knees. Keep your breathing even and stay in this pose for 20-30 seconds. This exercise is also good for your back, stretches your leg muscles, and even helps fight obesity and diabetes. If you have spinal problems, consult your doctor before performing. It is recommended to combine regular yoga classes with mudra practice, diet, folk remedies and a healthy lifestyle.

Diet

Proper nutrition will help normalize a woman’s cycle and reproductive function. If a woman’s body is depleted, its natural need is to restore the supply of nutrients, and not to reproduce. The diet must contain the required amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals.

You can take a multivitamin complex to compensate for the deficiency of these components in the body. Vitamin E has the greatest benefit: it normalizes the cycle and restores reproductive function.

How to restore normal ovarian function with food? It is healthy to eat olive oil, walnuts and hazelnuts, and sunflower seeds. Legumes, soybeans, dates, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, wheat germ, honey and propolis stimulate ovulation.

It is recommended to include tomatoes, apples, and pomegranates in your diet. Animal products also improve ovarian function - meat and fish, eggs, milk, sour cream and cottage cheese. It is necessary to exclude strong tea and coffee, alcohol from the menu, and limit chocolate. Cabbage and rice dishes also suppress ovulation.

Problems with the ovaries - why they may hurt

✔ OVULATION PAINS. The ovaries can hurt in the middle of the cycle, approximately 14-15-16 days from the beginning of the previous menstruation, during the period of ovulation. You don't need to do anything to solve your ovulation problem. Typically, enlarged ovaries these days are a normal part of your menstrual calendar. The swelling will decrease as soon as ovulation occurs and the egg is released. Occasionally, rupture of the follicle and release of the egg is accompanied by rupture of the vessel and bleeding into the abdominal cavity, i.e. apoplexy develops - often a life-threatening condition, requiring surgical intervention in 85% of cases.

☺ Prevention of ovarian apoplexy: avoid inflammatory processes and stagnation of blood in the pelvis, active sex and physical overload during the ovulatory period.

✔ OVARIAN CYSTS. They are fluid-filled sacs that form in the ovaries. They are very common and affect up to 20% of women. Cysts can cause the ovaries to become larger, especially if they are large or there are many of them. There are three different types of cysts: corpus luteum, dermoid and follicular. Most of them do not cause any problems and go away within a few months without any treatment (except for dermoid - this is removed). If adnexal cysts are large, cause pain and bloating, or are at risk of bursting, surgery may be required. Your endocrinologist/gynecologist may then prescribe birth control pills to prevent future recurrences.

☺ Prevention: none.

✔ OVARIAN TORSION. Ovarian torsion occurs when the ovary and part of the fallopian tube twist around each other. Pathology is more common with genital infantilism and concomitant gynecological diseases. Emergency medical attention is required because... twisting can cut off blood flow to the ovary, causing tissue death and peritonitis.

☺ Prevention: healthy lifestyle.

✔ ENDOMETRIOMA. This is an ovarian problem that is formed from endometrial tissue, the same tissue that lines the uterus. If these cysts are left untreated, endometriomas can damage the organ to the point that a woman cannot become pregnant. They may also increase the risk of developing cancer. If you experience symptoms, consult your doctor immediately to have the cyst or the entire ovary removed.

☺ Prevention: avoid problems with hormonal levels, inflammation, abortion.

✔ PCOS (POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME). This is a problem with the ovaries in which women have higher than normal levels of male hormones called androgens. These excess hormones can cause cysts to form on the ovaries, which can become painful and enlarge. The main complication is infertility.

☺ Prevention: measures are aimed at eliminating the symptoms of PCOS, but they do not cure the disease.

How can a woman understand that she has problems with her ovaries? The first thing that may happen in this case is pain in the lower abdomen with varying intensity and frequency; the nature of vaginal secretion changes and, of course, there are shifts in the arrival of menstrual bleeding in one direction or another. If such symptoms appear, you should immediately make an appointment with a gynecologist for an appointment and examination!

“Lifestyle factors are modifiable habits and behaviors that can significantly affect overall health and well-being, including fertility. Age at starting a family, nutrition, weight, physical activity, psychological stress, environmental and occupational hazards and other problems can have a significant impact on fertility; for example, tobacco smoking, illicit drug use and alcohol and caffeine abuse can negatively impact fertility, while others, such as preventative care, can be very beneficial for the functioning of the ovaries and uterus. " - practicing specialists at the Gynecology Clinic, report at the scientific symposium "Reproduction and the Environment", Moscow, 2020.

Phytotherapy

Some plants have the ability to influence the functioning of the ovaries, as they contain natural hormones - phytoestrogens.

Sage stimulates the production of hormones by the ovaries. A decoction is prepared from it, which is taken orally, three tablespoons 3 times a day for one week. The course can be repeated in a month. Sage is often brewed together with linden. These herbs are added 1 tbsp. by 1.5 tbsp. water. The composition must be boiled and drunk chilled, 1 tbsp. three times a day. Therapy begins on the 4th day after the onset of menstruation and continues for one week. After 2 courses of monthly therapy, a break in treatment is taken for 1 month.
Rose petals are poured with boiling water and infused in a sealed container, the decoction is taken one teaspoon at a time. before bed one week. The course is repeated after a month.
Aloe is known not only for its antimicrobial properties, but also as a remedy that will help restore ovarian function. To make a medicinal preparation, cut leaves are placed in the refrigerator for 5 days, peeled, finely chopped and mixed with honey and butter and pork oil in equal proportions. Drink this medicine twice a day, one tablespoon.
If the ovaries are not working, you can use parsley infusion. For 4 tbsp. leaves of grass are poured into a glass of hot water. After 12 hours, you can drink the infusion half a cup three times a day before meals for 2-3 weeks. Then they take a break for a week.
For infertility, medicinal knotweed is used. 4 tablespoons of knotweed are poured into 500 ml of hot water. It is enough to infuse the decoction for 4 hours. Take the medicine ½ cup three times a day before meals. In addition to restoring ovarian function, knotweed helps in the treatment of other gynecological diseases.
Plantain is used as a decoction. Take half a glass of water per teaspoon and bring to a boil. After cooling, take 2 tablespoons of the decoction. three times a day.
The hog uterus will help restore ovarian function. Often, for reproductive disorders, this herb is used together with sage. In the first two weeks of the cycle, I take ¼ cup of sage decoction 4 times a day. After 2 weeks, a decoction of boron uterus is prescribed according to the same scheme. Herbal decoctions are prepared in the proportion of 1 tbsp. plants 1 glass of water.
A red brush can improve ovarian function. This herb can be used alone or together with hogweed. The root of the plant has medicinal properties. 1 tbsp. Place the herbs in a small saucepan, pour 250 ml of boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. You can take the medicine after an hour. Drink ½ cup of decoction 30 minutes before meals for a month. For greater effectiveness, take a tincture of a mixture of herbs red brush and boron uterus in equal proportions in the amount of 25 g per 500 ml of vodka. Infuse this mixture for 2 weeks in a closed container and then take 1 tsp. 3 times a day.
Lime tea. You can add dried linden flowers to tea or purchase ready-made tea at the pharmacy. One cup of tea is brewed daily for a month.
Chamomile oil is used topically. It is necessary to moisten the tampon and leave it in the vagina overnight. Under the influence of the oil, normal production of sex hormones is restored.
Celery seeds are brewed in the proportion of ½ tbsp. per glass of boiling water.
Rue is a good remedy for headaches and as a sedative. Take it in the form of a tincture of 15 g 3 times a day.
Hyssop officinalis is used as an infusion, which is prepared by pouring 1 tsp. a glass of boiling water. The herb should be infused for an hour in a sealed container and taken orally, half a cup 3 times a day before meals.
Stachys tubers can be used raw or boiled. In winter, dried tubers are consumed. Reception begins with 50 mg of the plant per day, then the amount is gradually increased to 150 mg per day. Dried root vegetables are taken in the amount of 3-4 teaspoons per day.
Hawthorn calms and helps normalize the cycle. Its flowers are infused with alcohol in pure form or together with valerian or mint herbs. 50 mg of herb is poured into ½ liter of alcohol and kept in a dark place for 2 weeks. Drink the medicine 40 drops 3 times a day.
Motherwort is brewed in its pure form or mixed with hawthorn, woodruff and dried grass. The herb is poured with boiling water in a teapot and drunk instead of tea. These plants have a calming effect and increase the production of hormones by the ovaries.

Why AltraVita?

IVA is a complex, science-intensive technique; Professor Kawamura himself personally selects clinics that can withstand the strict protocol of the IVA method. AltraVita is the first clinic in Russia to provide ovarian activation (IVA) service.
Unlike other medical institutions in Russia that have declared the possibility of performing this operation, the AltraVita Moscow clinic strictly performs it according to the method of the author, Kazuhiro Kawamura, without any simplifications, modifications or changes in technology. Only in this form can we expect an increase in the number of eggs obtained after stimulation of ovarian function in the IVF program.

The scrupulousness of the manipulation at AltraVita Moscow was controlled by the author himself, Professor Kawamura. Under his direct personal supervision, on October 23-25 of this year, we performed seven operations to activate the ovaries, which were the first stage in achieving pregnancy in difficult patients. The professor was completely satisfied with the level of implementation of his methodology.

Causes of the disease

Every woman should know that when ovarian failure occurs gradually, this is normal. However, modern medicine is a little alarmed, as cases of women with such a problem, whose age is getting younger and younger, have become more frequent.

This female organ begins to age before a woman reaches the age of thirty. At birth, a woman's body contains a certain number of follicles. Each woman has her own number. With the onset of monthly menstruation, this number decreases, and with the rupture of the latter, the onset of menopause comes.

The reason for the wastage of follicles is not only menstruation; it can be various stressful situations, lack of sleep, smoking, and operations performed on the ovaries. It must be said that abortion is one of the unfavorable factors. Because during pregnancy, the hormonal levels in the female body change. And if this process is abruptly stopped, it will be a disaster for the organ. Therefore, women who have frequently had abortions are considered to be at risk.

It should also be noted that if the thyroid gland refuses to work, or there is no sex life, this can also affect the functioning of the organ. In addition, many dental fillings emit various heavy metals. They accumulate in the body, and this has a very bad effect on the performance of the ovaries.