Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Hugh Melnick
Tanzania
Research Article
The Detection of a Salivary Ferning Pattern Using the Knowhen Ovulation
Monitoring System as an Indication of Ovulation
Author(s): Hugh Melnick and Vasilios Theodoros GoudasHugh Melnick and Vasilios Theodoros Goudas
The ability to detect the period of potential monthly fertility is of great importance to a large segment of the female population in their reproductive years, both in terms of contraception as well as conception. In the current study, the KNOWHEN® ovulation monitoring system was used by a group of women who tested their saliva on a daily basis for the presence of a ferning pattern, a known biologic marker of impending ovulation. Transvaginal ultrasound examination, which is the “gold standard” for the detection of ovulation, was employed to visually determine if the cycle was ovulatory, either by demonstrating the presence of a dominant ovarian follicle or a corpus luteum found at the site of follicular rupture. If neither were observed, the cycle was determined to be anovulatory. The presence or absence of a ferning pattern in saliva was correlated with the actual do.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000235