Why is it difficult to get pregnant with cold uterus?

Uterine cold refers to insufficient kidney yang in a woman's body, which is often accompanied by lower abdominal pain, heaviness, increased vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. The reason why uterine cold can easily lead to infertility is because the functional regulation of the uterus is unbalanced and excessive coldness can make it difficult to get pregnant, affecting future reproductive health. So why is it so difficult for patients with uterine cold to get pregnant?

Uterine cold and infertility

Cold uterus

The so-called uterine cold refers to the lower abdominal distension and pain caused by insufficient kidney yang in women and lack of warmth in the uterus, which is relieved by heat, and the main symptoms are excessive leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders, deep and tight pulse, and a thin, white, and fluid tongue coating. Uterine cold is the name of a disease under the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and cannot be equated with the specific names of diseases in Western medicine. However, some common acute and chronic gynecological inflammations in Western clinical medicine (such as vaginitis, cervicitis, endometritis, adnexitis, etc.) can be treated with uterine cold syndrome differentiation, and good results have been achieved in clinical practice.

In traditional Chinese medicine clinics, many women often hear the statement "You have a cold uterus". Since they don't understand what "cold uterus" is, they are very worried and afraid that this problem will affect their fertility. In fact, "uterine cold" is a concept in traditional Chinese medicine. To put it simply, it means "cold uterus". Generally, uterine cold ointment can be used to warm the uterus. However, the "uterus" referred to in traditional Chinese medicine is different from the uterus referred to in Western medicine. Its scope is much larger, including multiple organs such as the uterus and ovaries.

"Cold uterus" does not refer to a single symptom, but is a summary of various clinical symptoms of patients in traditional Chinese medicine, such as delayed menstrual cycle, scanty and dark menstruation, blood clots, or even amenorrhea; lower abdominal pain before or during menstruation, which can be relieved by hot compress; thick leucorrhea; severe cases can cause infertility, or fetal developmental retardation after pregnancy, etc.

Patients

Which female friends are more likely to suffer from "uterine cold"? There are many clinical causes of "uterine cold". On the one hand, it is related to physical constitution. For example, those friends who are afraid of cold and have cold hands and feet on weekdays are prone to "uterine cold" due to insufficient "yang energy" in the body. On the other hand, lifestyle habits can also cause "uterine cold". Some female friends particularly like to eat cold drinks, or in order to be cool, they set the air conditioner temperature too low, or in order to be beautiful, they also wear thin clothes in winter. These habits are easy to cause "uterine cold" due to the invasion of cold evil spirits.

1. Women who have had abortions: Abortion can damage the uterus, especially frequent or irregular abortions, which can lead to excessive damage to the endometrium, causing uterine cold, making the fertile "soil" become barren, and making it difficult for the seeds of life to implant. Patients with cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and vaginitis: Gynecological inflammation can cause damage to the uterus, trigger the invasion of cold evil, and make the inflammation difficult to cure.

2. Patients with uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts: When women suffer from gynecological tumors, their bodies will be invaded by tumor cells, and the yang energy in the body will be depleted, leading to the internal generation of cold evil and worsening of the condition. Patients with infertility due to uterine cold: The reproduction of life is inseparable from suitable temperature. Cold uterus in women will cause blood and qi to condense when encountering cold, making it difficult for the fetus to survive and develop, and it is easy to have serious consequences such as infertility and miscarriage.

3. Women with deficiency of both Qi and blood: Some women do not have gynecological diseases, but in autumn and winter their hands and feet become cold, spots and acne appear on their faces, their libido decreases, and they age prematurely. These are all symptoms of deficiency of both Qi and blood caused by cold uterus.