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Ethics in Infertility treatment
A study of practices in Allopathy
and Siddha medicine
Contents
- Introduction
- Treatment / Procedures - Allopathic Practitioners
- Unethical Practices of Allopathic Medicine - Criticism
- Treatment / Steps followed in Siddha System of medicine
- Unethical Practices of Traditional Medicine – Criticism
- Case History of successful patients treated through Siddha system of Medicine
- Conclusion
Infertility
- Infertility is the inability to conceive after
attempting to do so for 1 year.
- It occurs in about 10%-15% of couples
- It is a result of physiological problems in either
partner
- Increasing prevalence a cause for concern
- Attributed largely to changes in
lifestyle,environment and pollution.
How big is it a problem?
20
20 50
10
Male Female Combined Unknown
Source: American college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Treatment / Procedures - Allopathic
Practitioners
- Male Infertility
- Hormonal therapy to increase Sperm counts
- Female Infertility (Ref. Novak’s Textbook of Gynecology )
- Medication to stimulate the ovaries to “ripen” and release eggs (e.g.: Clomiphene citrate)
- Surgery to restore patency of obstructed fallopian tubes ( Tuboplasty )
- Artificial insemination which involves the woman being inseminated with Husband / donor sperm.
- Invitro fertilization (IVF) in which eggs are removed from the woman, fertilized and then placed in the woman’s uterus bypassing the fallopian tubes.
Treatment Options
Exogenous
IUI
ICSI
Sperm extraction
GIFT
ZIFT
Unethical Practices of Allopathic Medicine - Criticism (cont…..)
- Psychological impact
- Anxious to conceive – creates and worsened Marital discord
- Clinical depression rates among Women undergoing Infertility treatment similar to those with Cancer or Heart disease.
- Medications like Steroids & Anti-fungals known to cause Infertility
- Surgical complications of Diagnostic procedures (Diagnostic laproscopy)
- Birth defects are increased with the use of IVF in general and ICSI specifically.
Ethical issues
- Issues regarding Donor Insemination - Emotional turmoil of Father - Emotional turmoil of Child - Lack of paternal bonding by children - Legal issues regarding property rights, etc - Possibility of genetic disorders being transmitted through Donor insemination - Use of unauthorized Donor Insemination
Emotional bonding between Mother
& Child….!
Treatment / Steps followed in Siddha System
of medicine
- Includes new combinations of herbal drugs not available in other systems
- Aimed at providing a Healthy life and not just the cure of
symptoms.
- System based on “ Tridosha” – humoral theory akin to modern
Endocrinology
- System inculcates good cultural principles & moral conduct
- System based on natural herbs and Ingredients rendering new
impetus for stimulation of active life
- Siddha Rx paves the way for restoration of the potency of
obstructed fallopian tubes without any surgery.
Treatment modalities –Endogenous
(Ref. Indian Medicinal Plants, Arya Vaidya Sala )
Aloe indica
Withania somnifera (^) Phyllanthus niruri
Terminalia chebula
Treatment modalities –Endogenous
(Ref. Indian Medicinal Plants, Arya Vaidya Sala )
Phyllanthus emblica
Piper longum Terminalia bellirica
Phylanthus reticulatus
All the above mentioned points
are rationally proven and not
mere “BLIND BELIEFS”
Unethical Practices of Traditional
Medicine & Criticisms
- Issues of compatibility between varieties of
Traditional medicine & the scientific method
- Lack of proper testing or Evidence based
Medicine (EBM)
- No Randomized Control trials
- Safety aspects