What is the difference between salpingography and hydrosalpingography?

If a woman suffers from infertility for a long time, the doctor will recommend another test, which is fallopian tube hydrotubation. Some female patients will confuse these two tests, so the following web editor summarizes the differences between angiography and pressure testing for female friends.

What are the differences between angiography and pressure testing?

First of all, angiography is actually to introduce contrast agent into the uterus and fallopian tubes through a tube, and use X-rays to observe whether there is any blockage in the fallopian tubes or pelvis, and whether the shape of the uterine cavity is normal? Therefore, the main purpose of angiography is to check whether the fallopian tubes are blocked and then carry out corresponding treatment.

Secondly, hydrotubation is actually a treatment method. It uses methylene blue solution or saline solution to enter the uterine cavity through injection, and then inject it into the fallopian tubes on both sides. The doctor will judge whether the fallopian tubes on both sides are unobstructed based on the size of the friction resistance, and can carry out necessary treatment for fallopian tube blockage through the reflux of the liquid.

Finally, female patients can go to the hospital for relevant examinations according to their physical conditions, and then follow the doctor's advice to conduct relevant fallopian tube examinations.

Does the angiography test hurt?

Because everyone's physical tolerance is different, whether the angiography examination is painful or not depends on one's physical condition. Patients with poor tolerance usually feel severe pain during the angiography examination, but some patients do not feel any pain during the examination. However, the angiography examination will cause some slight soreness, which is basically within the body's tolerance range.

The degree of pain during angiography is also closely related to the doctor's operating experience. More experienced doctors have very accurate calculations of the amount of contrast used and the rate of injection during contrast examinations, thus reducing the patient's pain to a great extent.