What causes premature ovarian failure

In life, there are still many women who experience premature ovarian failure. The so-called premature ovarian failure means that the ovaries will age and degenerate before reaching a certain age. At this time, the speed of their egg discharge will become very slow, and it may also cause a series of gynecological diseases, causing female infertility and amenorrhea. So how does premature ovarian failure in women occur?

1. What are the causes of premature ovarian failure?

Genetic factors; autoimmune diseases; iatrogenic damage (damage to the ovaries due to radiotherapy or chemotherapy, or affected ovarian blood supply due to surgery, such as hysterectomy, fallopian tube ligation or resection, conservative or semi-radical surgery for endometriosis, ovarian tumor resection or unilateral oophorectomy, etc.); idiopathic causes, i.e., the cause of the disease is unclear.

2. What are the dangers of premature ovarian failure?

After the ovarian function declines, the female endometrium becomes thinner, the ovaries no longer ovulate, and menstruation stops or comes very rarely. At this time, it becomes very difficult for women to become pregnant. This is the most obvious point. Secondly, due to the decrease in estrogen, patients may also experience vaginal dryness and even senile vaginitis, which will affect the couple's life.

3. What impact does premature ovarian failure have on young women?

Some serious patients will have symptoms of menopausal syndrome, such as hot flashes, irritability, insomnia, etc., which is equivalent to making women in their twenties and thirties enter the condition of being in their forties or fifties prematurely, which will have a great impact on normal work and life.

4. Will premature ovarian failure affect pregnancy?

Premature ovarian failure refers to amenorrhea in women before the age of 40, when the ovarian follicles are almost exhausted or the follicles are dysfunctional, resulting in the ovaries not ovulating. Typical patients with premature ovarian failure will experience symptoms of low estrogen, such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, emotional instability, irritability, difficulty in sexual intercourse, etc. Therefore, premature ovarian failure can affect pregnancy and cause infertility.

5. Can premature ovarian failure be cured?

Treatment should be carried out with a positive attitude. In fact, patients with premature ovarian failure are not "sentenced to death" as everyone thinks. Once they are diagnosed with the disease, they will be completely unable to ovulate and become pregnant. Through treatment and conditioning, there is still a certain chance of becoming pregnant.

6. How to prevent premature ovarian failure?

It is recommended that women maintain regular living habits, go to bed early and get up early, eat a balanced diet and keep a stable mentality. Also, be careful not to diet excessively to avoid ovarian dysfunction due to malnutrition. Women who are over 35 years old or have poor ovarian function should nourish their yin appropriately. The Guangdong people's favorite herbs, such as Adenophora odoratum, Dendrobium candidum, fish maw and snow clam, can all be used as dietary conditioning.

7. What is the probability of fertility after treatment of premature ovarian failure?

According to statistics, approximately 5% of patients with premature ovarian failure may have the opportunity to re-ovulate or even become pregnant after treatment and conditioning. After treatment and conditioning, the patient may be able to have natural menstruation. On this basis, they can hope to be among the lucky 5% and have the hope of ovulating and becoming pregnant.

8. How to deal with premature ovarian failure?

Currently, the treatment for premature ovarian failure is mainly symptomatic and replenishing the deficient sex hormones. The application of estrogen can provide a certain endocrine background and microenvironment for follicle development to the whole body and ovaries. This method may accidentally restore natural ovulation in some patients, and even lead to pregnancy. At the same time, estrogen can improve and delay the degenerative changes of reproductive organs, and is also very beneficial for women with ovarian failure and menopause to maintain normal sexual life, bone and fat metabolism, and prevent osteoporosis, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.