A study in the US suggests anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen could help older women get pregnant. Scientists have discovered the reason why women over 40 struggle to conceive could be due to the scarring and inflammation in the ovaries rather than the quality of eggs. Researchers of the study found there was a little difference between older and younger eggs, but the environment in which they are produced.
Dr Francesca Duncan, lead study study author and executive director of the Center for Reproductive Science at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said “Under the microscope, eggs from reproductively young and old animals may look identical, but the environment in which they are growing is completely different. There is no way this environment won’t impact the eggs growing in it, and it very likely contributes to their decrease in quality”.
The research was published in the journal Reproduction.
