Three Ways to Diagnose Hydrosalpinx

A hydrosalpinx is the medical name for a fallopian tube that has become filled with fluid due to injury or infection. It is a specific kind of blocked fallopian tube. Hydrosalpinx is formed when a blockage causes the tube to increase in diameter and fill with fluid. The fluid blocks the meeting of egg and sperm, preventing fertilization and pregnancy.  When injured, our body will make inflammatory cells rush into the injured part, thus inflammation and late treatment will lead to loss of the fimbria and closure of the tube. The two fallopian tubes are usually infected by bacteria easily, and even though a hydrosalpinx can be one-sided, the other tube on the opposite side is often abnormal, which makes it a chief killer of female infertility. Therefore, it should be diagnosed as soon as possible.

At present we have three methods that can used to diagnose it, including HSG, ultrasound diagnosis and laparoscopy.

Hysterosalpingogram(HSG)

The (HSG) is a procedure in which dye is placed into the uterus and fallopian tubes through the cervix.  An x-ray test is done in the first 10 days of each month. If the fallopian tubes are filled with fluid, it appears as a large-sausage-shaped dilation of the tubes. HSG is the simplest and the most reliable test.

Ultrasound Diagnosis

It uses sound waves to image the tubes, and is safer and more comfortable than HSG. A normal fallopian tube is usually not visible and a hydrosalpinx appears as a characteristic sausage-shaped fluid collection between the ovary and fallopian tube. The wall of the hydrosalpinx is often thick and flat. It provides a quick and painless screen of the pelvic organs.


Laparoscopy

Laparoscopy involves the use of a small camera which is inserted through the belly button. Doctors will be able to observe pelvic organs on a television screen. Laparoscopy is the most standard test for hydrosalpinx, as it provides the best view of anatomy.

But the three methods mentioned above are not 100% accurate, and sometimes they can be misleading and miss significant tubal disease, and sometimes, they may show abnormal results when the tubes are in fact quite normal.


To get rid of them, you should take the medicine. A Chinese herbal medicine which named fuyan pill has great effects on treating gynocological diseases. "Fuyan Pill", with the effect of clearing away heat and toxic material and invigorating the circulation of blood and promoting the circulation of Qi, can clear the fallopian tubes and resist connective tissues fabrication and eliminate the adhesions of the organs in pelvic cavity, thereby curing hydrosalpinx, pelvic tubal adhesions, tubal blockage and Tubal torsion.