Among the women I've worked with using natural remedies for hydrosalpinx, five had great difficulty healing. They gave it everything they had, but eventually progress stalled. All five were between 34 and 42.
Three went on to have laparoscopic surgery, including emergency surgery in some cases, which revealed ovarian cysts in each of them. In two cases, an infected ovary was removed along with a fallopian tube found to be damaged. Within six months, the remaining tube opened and both women conceived naturally. The third woman also had surgery but stopped applying natural remedies afterward and withdrew from treatment.
The other two had salpingitis and severely swollen tubes that did not respond to natural remedies.
What Was Missed Along the Way
For these women, surgery came between 12 and 26 months after treatment began. It happened when healing seemed to have stalled, and it revealed a very different situation inside their bodies from what anyone had assumed.
Some of them had complained of sharp pains that came and went. Because the pain disappeared, it was easy to set aside.
Had they been following up regularly with their doctors, the ovarian cysts would likely have been found much earlier, and months of effort would not have gone into treating a problem no one knew was there.
My reading of the two women who conceived is that the damaged tube and infected ovary had become a continuing source of inflammation, holding back the remaining tube, which was trying to heal.
Without medical intervention, they might well have kept struggling. Once the damaged tube was removed, healing moved quickly. This is consistent with trial evidence that removing a diseased, fluid-filled tube can improve pregnancy chances (Strandell et al., 1999).
AI illustration of a mother holding her baby in the hospital, representing the women in this story. who had Hydrosalpinx but followed up surgically to remove one damaged tube and later conceived
What These Women Taught Me
Their experiences gave me a real appreciation for the medical side. I saw first-hand that medical care and the wise use of natural remedies can go hand in hand.
These women saw their doctors at the time either for fibroid check up or to explore the possibility of going for IVF. They never brought the issue of recurring pains around their abdomen to their doctors attention.
Neither of the two women who conceived had planned for surgery from day one. Circumstances brought them there.
For one, time was running out. Her age, slowing healing and growing concern about the size of a fibroid were what finally pushed her toward it.
The other suddenly fell ill and was rushed to hospital, where a ruptured ovarian cyst was discovered.
In both cases, the laparoscopy showed the same thing: one tube was completely damaged and had to be removed.
Looking back, I could see clearly the role severity played in their long healing journeys, and how incomplete those journeys would have been without medical help.
A destroyed tube, a cyst or a growing fibroid can't be seen from the outside, and no amount of patience makes them visible.
It helped me understand, at least in part, why some women never heal. It isn't always because they didn't try hard enough.
Sometimes part of the picture was never seen.
The Lesson
Slow progress doesn't always mean a remedy needs more time. Sometimes it means something else is going on.
If you have sharp pains that come and go, get them looked at with a scan, even if they disappear between episodes.
Sudden severe pelvic pain, especially with vomiting or fever, is an emergency and needs urgent medical care.
Natural remedies and your doctor aren't rivals. Your doctor can see what's happening inside and tell you when something needs to come out.
I've shared these cases many times on this blog, and I add others as I recall them.
Final thoughts
Healing is rarely a straight line, and it's rarely something you do alone. The women in this story didn't get there by choosing natural remedies over medicine, or medicine over natural remedies. When progress stalled, the full picture finally came into view, and they were willing to act on it.
If you're on this journey, keep supporting your body, and keep asking what's going on inside it. Know your severity. Keep your check-ups. Take the pain that comes and goes seriously. And when healing slows, ask the question that matters most: "Is there something I'm not seeing?"
Your body can do remarkable things, and it does its best work when you know the full picture.
Efe Abu
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Reference
Strandell, A., Lindhard, A., Waldenström, U., Thorburn, J., Janson, P.O. and Hamberger, L. (1999). Hydrosalpinx and IVF outcome: a prospective, randomized multicentre trial in Scandinavia on salpingectomy prior to IVF. Human Reproduction, 14(11), 2762–2769. doi:10.1093/humrep/14.11.2762
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