Many women want to know if there is a way to distinguish an ectopic pregnancy from a normal pregnancy, what are the obvious symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy, and so on.
Ectopic pregnancy has always been a particularly frightening existence for girls, because we see that the words associated with ectopic pregnancy are always "infertility", "fallopian tube rupture", "bleeding", and even life-threatening. So what is an ectopic pregnancy and what can be done to identify it early?
What is an ectopic pregnancy all about?
Ectopic pregnancy is the seed of a fertilized egg, which is not planted in the uterus, but outside the uterus.
For example, if a person stands upright, clenched into fists with both hands, and raises his arms to the sides, at this time: the head and the torso are the uterus, the two arms are the fallopian tubes on both sides, and the two fists are the two ovaries.
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Normal pregnancy:
Each month, an egg comes out of the ovaries and is "picked up" by the fallopian tubes, which swim from the farthest part of the fallopian tube to the uterus.
At this time, if it encounters sperm, it will be fertilized, so the location of fertilization is in the fallopian tube. The fertilized egg divides and is transported by the fallopian tube to the uterine cavity, and finally implanted in the uterine cavity, which is implantation. Once implanted, it stops moving.
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Ectopic pregnancy:
If the fertilized egg gets stuck during the transport of the fallopian tube and is implanted before it enters the uterine cavity, it is an ectopic pregnancy.
The most is to stop in the fallopian tube, but the wall of the fallopian tube is much thinner than the uterine wall, and the seed is planted to take root and germinate.
Depending on the rupture, the size of the break is different, and the speed of bleeding is different.
In many cases, if it is only a small incision, and the blood clot is just coagulated and blocked, the bleeding may not be so urgent, and there is still a chance to be sent to the hospital for rescue. If the breach is large, or it may be in a bad location, the situation is more urgent, such as a corneal pregnancy.
The location of the junction where the uterus and fallopian tubes meet, this place is called the uterine horn. The muscle layer here is relatively weak, and the blood vessels of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes have to pass through here, and once it ruptures, the bleeding will be very ferocious, and the consequences will be more serious.
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Dangers of ectopic pregnancy
The harm of ectopic pregnancy is very serious, normal pregnancy is the implantation and development of a fertilized egg in the uterine cavity, the embryo of an ectopic pregnancy can not enter the uterine cavity, most of them develop in the fallopian tube, the fallopian tube is small and can not accommodate the growth of the embryo, such as the expansion and rupture of the fallopian tube wall, the consequences are unimaginable, if it is found or rescued in time, it will lead to heavy bleeding, and in severe cases, it will lead to shock and even death.
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How can ectopic pregnancies be detected early
Common symptoms of ectopic pregnancy include: menopause, small amount of vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, etc. But in fact, many people's ectopic pregnancy symptoms are not so typical.
Among them, a considerable number of people's vaginal bleeding symptoms appear around the time of the next menstrual period, which will make people mistakenly think that it is menstruation, and as a result, the two symptoms of menstruation and vaginal bleeding are all ignored.
In fact, there is a difference between vaginal bleeding and normal menstruation in ectopic pregnancy: the general amount will be smaller, darker in color, or even brown, as if menstrual blood always can't come out; There are also some that are more abundant, but the time will also be longer, longer than the normal menstrual period, and it will be dripping and unclean.
In addition to these mistakes for vaginal bleeding as menstruation, there are also some situations that are also terrible: that is, the bleeding is regarded as a threatened miscarriage, and the fetus is preserved. Or there is no vaginal bleeding, no abdominal pain and other symptoms, and there is a sudden rupture of abdominal hemorrhage.
Therefore, ectopic pregnancy is really good at "camouflage", and the best way to identify it is to do B ultrasound, and it is recommended that women who are diagnosed with pregnancy should go to the hospital for ultrasound examination in time when they stop menstruating for 6~7 weeks or have symptoms such as vaginal bleeding.
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Doing so can keep ectopic pregnancies away
(1) Do not smoke or drink too much;
(2) Avoid repeated crowds;
(3) Pay attention to personal hygiene to reduce the probability of pelvic inflammatory disease and fallopian tube inflammation;
(4) If you have a history of ectopic pregnancy, you must do a good job of contraception within one year, otherwise the possibility of another ectopic pregnancy is higher.
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Many women will think that the early pregnancy test strip can test for ectopic pregnancy or abnormal pregnancies such as threatened miscarriage?
The answer is: no! The early pregnancy test strip can not detect ectopic pregnancy, the test strip only tests the hcg value in the urine to determine whether it is pregnant, and whether it is a normal pregnancy or an abnormal pregnancy, the hcg value of the urine is always there, the test strip is only used as a way to test whether to be pregnant, and does not make other diagnoses.
Female friends who have a normal sex life and have delayed menstruation for a week are recommended to go to a regular hospital for early pregnancy diagnosis in time, which is the correct way to detect ectopic pregnancy as soon as possible.
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