Have you been trying to get pregnant for a long time? Waiting for his arrival, when you suddenly find that your menstrual period has not come this month, but the good times are not long, the happiness has not lasted for a few days, if you feel abdominal pain, nausea, or even severe pain all over the body, are you confused and why does this happen? condition? At this time, you need to go to the hospital for an examination, because you may be hit by the unfortunate 5% of the ectopic pregnancy. Do a self-examination for yourself. If you still have abdominal pain, go to the hospital immediately.

What are the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy is very dangerous. If female friends do not pay enough attention, ectopic pregnancy may threaten the life of female friends. Therefore, knowing and understanding some symptoms of ectopic pregnancy can effectively avoid the harm of ectopic pregnancy to the body. So what are the symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy?

Symptom 1: About half of patients with ectopic pregnancy will experience a small amount of cervical bleeding, and some female friends even think that it is menstruation, which delays treatment. And the time of menstruation and the amount of menstruation are very different from before, so pay attention to go to the hospital for examination in time to rule out the possibility of ectopic pregnancy.

Symptom 2: If your female friend has irregular menstruation and abdominal pain, you should pay special attention. Abdominal pain is persistent, and severe patients experience increasing pain, fear of cold, pale face, and even fainting and shock.

Symptom 3: Some female friends also have some early pregnancy reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, and even anal drop. Female friends with the above symptoms must pay enough attention, because ectopic pregnancy can lead to abdominal bleeding, resulting in death.

Causes of ectopic pregnancy

As many as 98% of ectopic pregnancies are due to fallopian tubes, and 2% are due to external causes. The first three points below mainly explain how different tubal disorders can lead to ectopic pregnancy; the fourth point summarizes other externalities.

Reason 1: Tubal disease

History of ectopic pregnancy (10% to 25% risk of recurrence).

History of pelvic inflammatory disease: Inflammation of the pelvis can build up large amounts of scar tissue in the fallopian tubes, which can damage the villi and seal off the walls of the tubes.

History of abdominal surgery, especially tubal surgery: possible damage to the villous tissue. Therefore, patients who undergo tubal surgery for an ectopic pregnancy are at a relatively increased risk for the next ectopic pregnancy.

Cause 2: Chronic salpingitis

Chronic salpingitis can cause adhesions to the fallopian tube mucosal folds, resulting in lumen narrowing, mucosal destruction, shedding of epithelial cilia, peritubular adhesions, and tubal deformation. The above conditions affect the normal operation and passage of the pregnant egg in the fallopian tube.

Reason 3: Hypoplastic fallopian tubes

If the fallopian tube is too long, the fertilized egg implants before reaching the orifice of the fallopian tube; poor muscular development; excess fimbriae, etc., may be the cause of tubal pregnancy.

Endometriosis: The tubal pregnancy caused by it is mainly caused by mechanical factors. In addition, pelvic ectopic endometrium may have chemotactic effects on the fertilized egg, prompting its implantation outside the uterine cavity.

Reason 4: Other non-tubal factors

Excessive female hormones and progesterone are one of the main causes of ectopic pregnancy. During early pregnancy, these hormones should be appropriately reduced to stimulate the eggs to slowly travel through the fallopian tubes to the uterus. When women receive progesterone injections, take birth control pills, or other estrogen-based birth control methods, hormone levels change and the risk of ectopic pregnancy increases.

Pelvic tumor compression or traction, so that the fallopian tube displacement or deformation, hinder the passage of fertilized eggs.

Pregnancy is unlikely after an intrauterine device (IUD) is placed, but once you do, there is a 5% chance of an ectopic pregnancy.

There may also be an age factor. Elderly women are prone to ectopic pregnancy.

In recent years, the relationship between smoking habits and ectopic pregnancy has also been studied, but has not been formally reported.