Abstract
Nowadays, the numbers are increasing for Japanese women who have a habit of alcohol drinking. As compare to Japanese men, the women are more prone to develop alcohol abuse with fewer years of drinking habit. Heavy alcohol consumption has been associated with infertility, which could be concerned with tubal disease, ovulation failure, amenorrhoea, and dyspareunia. However, thus far little work has been done to give explanation for the relationship between drinking and infertility. In this report, two cases of female alcoholism were investigated and reported from a psychosomatic point of view. The first case is a 36-year-old nulliparous woman who has been seeking professional help for infertility, amenorrhoea, and problem with drinking. After prohibited alcohol drinking along with the treatment of hormonal and psychosomatic, the patient has since become pregnant. The second case is a 29-year-old housewife with infertility, amenorrhoea, and liver dysfunction. Psychosomatic examination has revealed that she has anxiously wanted to have a baby and has been suffering from a neurosis. In this study, we point out that the diagnosis and treatment of female alcoholism are usually difficult for those who desire for pregnancy. This is because the patients often have social and psychosomatic problems. The most important step for treating women with alcoholism is to fully understand the need for recording accurate information regarding the patient. Long-term energetic support from the aspects of somatic, mental, and gynecological seems to be essential to help patient give up alcohol abuse.
