Can musk cause infertility? Introducing the authoritative answer!

Musk is a Chinese medicinal material with the scent of honey. This Chinese medicinal material is more common in Northeast and North my country. Musk has high medicinal value and is beneficial to the human central nervous system and cardiovascular system. It also has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. Many people may have heard that musk can cause female infertility. Is there any scientific basis for this statement?

First, can musk cause infertility?

Musk can indeed cause miscarriage in women, but the claim that it causes infertility lacks scientific basis. Nowadays, musk is mainly used in external plasters. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid taking medicines containing musk to avoid miscarriage and affect the fetus.

Second, the side effects of musk are:

1. The dosage is greater than the normal dosage for medication: mild headache, nausea, vomiting, and poor appetite may occur. Excessive use can have a depressant effect on the central nervous system. Irritating to the digestive tract mucosa.

2. Symptoms of musk poisoning: erosion of oral mucosa, nausea, vomiting, tooth loss, blood in stool, hematemesis, hematuria. In severe cases, it can cause paralysis of the respiratory center, heart failure, extensive bleeding in internal organs and death. There was a report that a child who took 0.06 grams of musk developed confusion, irregular breathing, coma, convulsions, anuria, and dilated pupils.

Musk is a good thing, but no matter how good a thing is, it will cause certain harm to the human body. Since it is a medicinal material, it has medicinal effects, and medicinal effects may have side effects. Whether you are giving it as a gift to someone or keeping it for yourself, you should understand it well, otherwise there will be problems.

Third, common causes of female infertility

From a medical point of view, when a woman of childbearing age gets married, lives with her husband, has a normal sexual life, the husband's reproductive function is also normal, but she has not become pregnant for two years without taking any contraceptive measures; or when she has given birth, had a premature birth, or had an abortion but has not become pregnant for two years without taking any contraceptive measures, it is called infertility. Director Fan, an infertility expert at Shanghai Marriott Hospital, said: The causes of female infertility can be summarized into two categories: one is congenital physiological defects, and the other is acquired pathological changes. Both can cause organic lesions or endocrine dysfunction of the female reproductive organs themselves and cause infertility. The specific summary is as follows:

1. Vulvar abnormalities: Hermaphroditism, vulvar atrophy and adhesions, vulvar tumors, vulvar ulcers, vulvar trauma, etc. can all affect pregnancy.

2. Vaginal abnormalities:

(1) Abnormalities: hymen occlusion, stenosis, rigidity, congenital absence of vagina, vaginal septum, vaginal septum, vaginal stenosis or upper occlusion can all cause infertility.

(2) Vaginitis: Infections such as Trichomonas, fungi, and bacteria destroy the natural defense function of the vagina, change the normal acidic environment, and cause vaginal inflammation, which can reduce the activity of sperm and shorten the survival time of sperm, causing temporary infertility.

3. Cervical abnormalities:

(1) Developmental abnormalities and inflammation: Cervical absence, stenosis, relaxation, hypoplasia, cervical septum, cervical adhesions, cervical inflammation, polyps, and myomas after conization can all cause infertility.

(2) Abnormal cervical mucus: too little or too thick secretion will prevent conception.

4. Uterine abnormalities:

(1) Congenital developmental abnormalities: Congenital absence of the uterus and various uterine malformations, such as unicornuate uterus, bicornuate uterus, scaphoid uterus, didelphys, transverse or longitudinal uterine septum, and infantile uterus can all cause infertility.

(2) Uterine atrophy: Breastfeeding, aging, excessive intrauterine intake, tuberculosis, anemia, metabolic diseases, ovarian dysfunction, etc. can all lead to uterine atrophy and cause infertility.

(3) Others: Uterine fibroids, endometriosis, endometrial polyps, uterine adenocarcinoma, endometritis, endometrial adhesions, endometrial dysfunction, abnormal uterine position, uterine prolapse, etc. are all unfavorable to conception.

5. Fallopian tube abnormality: 20% to 40% of female infertility is due to fallopian tube obstruction and inability to conceive. Common causes include fallopian tube inflammation, abnormal fallopian tube morphology, fallopian tube spasm, fallopian tube tuberculosis, and fallopian tube hydrops.

6. Ovarian abnormalities:

(1) Congenital developmental abnormalities: gonadal dysgenesis, abnormal chromosome chromatin, true semi-hermaphroditism, feminization of cold nine sexes, lack of ovarian follicular tissue, incomplete development of vulva organs and ovaries, multiple loss of ovaries, etc. can all cause infertility.

(2) Others: Ovarian inflammation, abnormal ovarian position, ovarian endometriosis, ovarian tumors, ovarian insufficiency, etc. are all causes of infertility.