Be Careful, Here’s How Smoking Affects Fallopian Tube Health
Not only does smoking affect your health, it can also affect the fertility of both women and men.
Smoking can also affect your fertility. Daddy, if you want to plan a pregnancy program, you should avoid smoking. This is because smoking and exposure to cigarette smoke can reduce the chances of a successful pregnancy.
A cigarette contains up to 700 chemicals harmful to the body. If these substances are spread in the body, it will certainly be dangerous and have an impact on health. This also includes the reproductive organs.
Even many studies have been conducted proving that a woman who smokes more than 10 cigarettes per day can experience fertility problems. So, what is the impact of smoking on the health of the fallopian tubes?
Impact of Smoking on Fallopian Tubes?
Smoking can affect the health condition of reproductive organs, one of which is the fallopian tubes. The fallopian tubes or oviducts are reproductive organs that connect the ovaries to the uterus. In addition, the fallopian tubes are also the place where the egg meets the sperm for fertilization.
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Having an important role makes the health of the fallopian tubes need to be maintained. The reason is, if there is a disturbance in the fallopian tubes, it can hamper the process of conception.
One of them can be caused by smoking. Smoking can cause a disruption in the fallopian tubes, namely blocked fallopian tubes. If there is a blockage in the fallopian tubes, the egg that must pass through the fallopian tubes cannot reach the uterus due to narrowing. This makes it difficult for the egg to meet up with the sperm after penetration.
Not only that, smoking can also affect the condition of other reproductive organs, such as the cervix and ovaries.
Smoking can also increase a woman’s risk of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy.
Passive Smokers Can Also Experience Infertility?
Not only active smokers are at risk of infertility problems but also passive smokers. Inhaled cigarette smoke also causes the ovaries to age prematurely and deplete the egg count prematurely.
.In addition, cigarette smoke is also dangerous if inhaled by pregnant women. Pregnant women who inhale cigarette smoke can also be at risk of experiencing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). We recommend that you stop smoking, especially when you are pregnant, which can be harmful to the fetus.
Thus, information related to smoking and its impact on fallopian tubes and other reproductive organs. Make sure to quit smoking when deciding to undergo a pregnancy program. If you want to get pregnant quickly, change your lifestyle to a healthier one. Let’s immediately check with the doctor or the nearest fertility clinic!
This article has been medically reviewed by Dr. Chitra Fatimah.
Source:
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); 2010.
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- Horne, A.W., et al. (2014). The Association between Smoking and Ectopic Pregnancy: Why Nicotine Is BAD for Your Fallopian Tube. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2): e89400.
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