When doctors cause infertility !

The biggest tragedy in reproductive medicine is when patients are made infertile as a result of the doctor's treatment !This hurts , because when you go to a doctor , you want him to help you to have a baby . However, when instead of doing so , he actually makes you infertile by doing the wrong treatment, this just adds insult to injury and makes you bitter and angry !A classic example is women who have a missed abortion .The standard method in the past for treating this was by doing a D&C . Today, thanks to advances in medicine, it's possible to terminate this pregnancy medically , using medicines such as Mifegest and Misoprostol , which allows the uterus to naturally empty itself. This is far safer for the patient, because the problem with the D&C is that it can causeintrauterine adhesions ( Asherman syndrome) , which damage the uterine lining, and prevent the women from getting pregnant again in the future . Sadly, many doctors don't offer the medical treatment option to their patients. They continue scaring them and forcing them to do a D&C , because this is much more profitable for them . It's quick and easy surgery , and they can charge for doing it . Since they can't charge as much for prescribing drugs, , they push patients into going into the operation theatre , even though this is not in the patient's best interests.Now well-informed patients know that there is a medical option available , but even for these patients, it's easy for doctors to bulldo...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs