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Haitham Hamoda
King's Fertility
What is the process for ovulation induction?
Dr Haitham Hamoda details the process forovulation induction, including diagnosis and identification of cause, prescription of tablets, and ultrasound scans to assess follicle growth.
Transcript
So, the first component of the treatment is to assess what the problem is. So when you say a patient is not ovulating, that is an endpoint. That is not necessarily a diagnosis. So the first part of the process would be to try and identify a cause and tailor the treatment based on that. So if there is an issue with ovulation, for example, related to polycystic ovarian syndrome, we could then give medications that will stimulate ovulation. That will involve the patient taking tablets for five days in the early part of the menstrual cycle, and that's usually day two to six. And then we will monitor them with an ultrasound scan to assess the growth of the follicle to assess when they are likely to ovulate.