Follicle Stimulation

Follicle Stimulation General Information

Before you are able to understand the process on which this type of therapy (Follicle Stimulation) is based, you have to become acquainted with a few general facts about the female’s reproductive system. The follicles of the ovaries are the basic unit of the structure of a female’s reproductive system. This structure is known to be composed of a spherical aggregation of ovarian cells. A follicle only contains one egg / ovum (the professional medical term is oocyte). The female’s follicles have been designed to develop and grow (this occurs periodically). This process ends with the ovulation of the egg (in most cases, a single oocyte is able to reach this stage). Ovulation occurs each month, forming the female’s menstrual cycle.

There are several types of follicles, as they reach different stages of their evolution. For example, the youngest ones are the primordial follicles, which can not be distinguished (seen) by the naked eye. These follicles later develop to primary follicles, secondary follicles, and then they finally become mature follicles (with a vesicular structure). The mature follicles are commonly known under the name of Graafian follicles (after the name of one of the world’s top scientists, Regnier de Graaf). After the follicle ruptures, it gradually develops into a corpus luteum. In the case of humans, the ovary is filled with oocytes even before the little girl is born. The oocytes await initiation (while being dormant) – in some cases, they wait for up to 50 years. Follicle Stimulation has now become one of the most employed medical techniques that are thought to help a female become pregnant. This type of therapy is commonly adjunct to the patient’s in vitro fertilization.

Follicle Stimulation

Infertility is a problem with which numerous females are forced to confront. For this reason, dealing with the woman’s inability to become pregnant is one of the main points of interest for gynecologists and researchers from all over the world. You are probably already familiar with “in vitro” fertilization; this clinical technique has proven to be very effective in the case of females who have tried to become pregnant in a natural way, but without any success. This clinical procedure has been able to bring hope in the hearts of numerous families who desperately wanted to have a child.

Although the “in vitro” fertilization technique may not represent something new to you, Follicle Stimulation is not that commonly known, even if it is widely employed. The basic way in which this clinical therapy course works is quite simple: even if “in vitro” fertilization is considered an effective technique, in some cases, the female also has to undergo an adjacent therapy course – Follicle Stimulation. As its name says, undergoing this medical procedure aims to stimulate the female’s follicles, increasing her chances of becoming pregnant. In fact, this therapy course aims to induce or at least to support the normal maturation of the female’s oocyte. Although this type of treatment course is widespread, it is imperative that you seek your personal health care provider’s consent to start it; this is the only way in which you can ensure that your treatment trial will be a success and that you will be safe from any severe complications that may arise due to the improper use of any medical products that are employed during Follicle Stimulation. Each patient who is to start this type of therapeutic approach will be prescribed a personalized dosing routine with a special follicle stimulator agent (which will be chosen by the female’s main health care prescriber / gynecologist). The dose that the woman is to use during her therapy is known to radically depend on her follicle development state, weight, age, and so on. Furthermore, another reason of great importance is that the patient should do everything she can in order to make sure that ovulation will not take place before the needed health care providers are ready to aspirate the oocyte.

Follicle Stimulation does not necessarily accompany “in vitro” fertilization. This type of therapeutic technique can also be adjacent to other treatment options (the therapy that the patient will be prescribed is known to depend on the underlying cause of her problem). Furthermore, in some cases, women have undergone Follicle Stimulation therapy when they were trying to conceive a baby in the natural way (this is supposed to increase the patient’s chances of becoming pregnant).

It is important to talk to your gynecologist or to the medical provider that is currently responsible for your health condition regarding all the aspects that this type of therapy implies. You should know that your undergoing Follicle Stimulation or any other therapeutic approaches that are supposed to increase your chances of becoming pregnant should be accompanied by special counseling and medical education. You may also be prescribed adjacent therapy courses with medical products that aim to treat potential infectious disorders or any clotting problems that may arise. You should refer to your main medical prescriber if you were not able to understand how you were supposed to employ your medical products.

Follicle Stimulation Treatment

In this chapter we intend to present you a list of medical products that are in some way related to or that are commonly prescribed by medical professionals in clinical therapies such as Follicle Stimulation. You should know that this type of medical service is not able to substitute the knowledge, expertise and / or skills of a specialized medical provider.

The most common medicines that can be employed in such clinical cases include: Gonal-F, Fertinex, Luveris, Follistim, Follistim AQ, Menopur, and so on. For further information about each and every one of them, you should refer to your medical prescriber. You should also know that a treatment trial with such medical products could also lead to the development of certain clinical complications. In case you find them too disturbing or even disabling you should immediately refer to your main clinical prescriber. You may be prescribed an adjacent therapy course that should be able to help you deal with your unpleasant symptoms.