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- Title
Combined Intravaginal Bee Honey and Royal Jelly versus Intrauterine Insemination for Asthenozoospermia.
- Authors
J., Abdelmonaem; T. A., Abdelhafiz; A., Mahmoud; S., Rasheed; Hashem; M. A., Khalaf
- Abstract
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Artificial insemination by husband (h-IUI) is a simple treatment method for infertility reasoned by asthenozoospermia. However, the pregnancy rates are poor. Artificial insemination donor (AID) is absolutely unacceptable in our society. The purpose of this work was to evaluate another simple method for "sperm enhancement" that entailed the midcyclic intravaginal use of bee honey and royal jelly by the wives, as compared to h-IUI. MATERIAL & METHODS Ninety-nine women with periods of infertility of more than three years, and in whom the sole reason for the infertility was asthenozoospermia, were studied. They were randomly assigned to use either pericoital intravaginal bee honey and royal jelly on cycle days 8 to 21 (group I), or h-IUI (group II) for three cycles. 5 ml crude Egyptian New Valley honey and half gram royal jelly were applied, using a special piston-like applicator. Application was either pre- or post-coital according to the personal preference. After a washout period of 2 months, women who did not conceive, were crossed over to the alternate protocol for another 3 cycles. RESULTS Five-hundred fifty three cycles were completed, 283 for group I, and 270 for group II. The pregnancy rates per cycle were 8.1 % for group I (23 pregnancies), and 2.6 % (7 pregnancies) for group II; a statistically significant difference CONCLUSION Combined pericoital intravaginal use of bee honey and royal jelly is a more effective, simpler, and less expensive therapy for infertility due to asthenozoospermia than h-IUI.
- Subjects
HONEY; ROYAL jelly; HONEYBEE artificial insemination; SPERMATOZOA; INFERTILITY treatment
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 1, p110
- ISSN
1394-195X
- Publication type
Article