1 pregnancy in 100 is of type extrauterine, and in these conditions, when the fetus starts to grow, usually the woman complains of pain and loss. When the embryo is in the uterus, the fallopian tubes but obviously can not develop, and at some point in pregnancy you stop spontaneously or with medical intervention. It is important to early disorders go to their gynecologist because if the tube breaks you may experience abdominal hemorrhage, collapse and death of the woman.
But what are the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy?
Disturbances of ectopic pregnancy
There are cases of women who do not know they are pregnant, and then not even that theirs is an ectopic pregnancy, and begin to leak blood similar to menstruation, but are more watery and dark. Others, however, have the typical problems of the woman who is pregnant, but the pregnancy test was negative. Finally there are those who have a positive pregnancy test and only ultrasound can reveal the presence of the fetus outside the womb.
Among the first symptoms that may suggest the presence of a problem, however, there are pain in the lower abdomen and bleeding. Other symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, usually appear between the fourth and tenth week of pregnancy, and are:
strong and continuous pain on one side of the abdomen
pain in the shoulder caused dall'emorragia inside that irritates the diaphragm
abnormal bleeding
pain in the abdomen after intercourse
sense of pressure in the rectum
vomiting, nausea
fever
collapse, fainting, accelerated heartbeat, sudden drop in blood pressure and dizziness.
Some women, however, have no symptoms of ectopic pregnancy and not notice this condition only with the passage of weeks, when the facts are specific tests and ultrasounds.
How to diagnose ectopic pregnancy
The only test that can determine whether we are dealing with an ectopic pregnancy are those of blood and ultrasound; the first measure the blood levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and progesterone, while the echo is to explore if the uterine cavity is full or empty.
When symptoms worsen examines the tube through a laparoscopy, and according to the urgency the doctor decides how to intervene if surgically or with medication for the expulsion of the fetus.
There are also cases, in which the ectopic pregnancy ends spontaneously and the embryo is
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