With ectopic pregnancy, a fertilized egg is attached not to the uterine mucosa, but to another organ - the fallopian tube, cervix or ovary. Unfortunately, in addition to the uterus, the embryo can not develop anywhere else, and therefore such a pregnancy is doomed to interruption.
Types of ectopic pregnancy
In order to know what symptoms exist with ectopic pregnancy, you should understand its types:
- tubal pregnancy is the most common type of ectopic pregnancy when a fetal egg develops in one of the fallopian tubes;
- Cervical pregnancy is a rarer form in which the egg is attached to the cervix and settles there;
- ovarian pregnancy - develops in the event that the spermatozoon gets on an egg which has not yet released from the follicle and impregnates it;
- abdominal ectopic pregnancy is a rather rare phenomenon when a fetal egg is implanted directly on the intestine, abdominal wall or other organ.
The most common is tubal pregnancy, less often - cervical, and very rarely there are ovarian and abdominal pregnancies.
Symptoms of ectopic pregnancy
The first symptoms in ectopic pregnancy are, ultimately, the pain in the lower abdomen . Depending on the localization of the process, they are of a different nature and occur at different times:
- What kind of pain and on what term are worried about tubal ectopic pregnancy, depends on the location of the fetus. If it is attached to the narrow part of the tube, then the pulling pains in the lower abdomen will appear already at the 5th-6th week of pregnancy. If the egg ripens in the wide part of the fallopian tube, then the cutting and pulling pains will begin on the 8-9 week of pregnancy.
- A neck ectopic pregnancy may not have obvious signs and severe symptoms. Quite often the sensations with such an ectopic pregnancy are completely painless, which makes it difficult to detect it in time. Rarely, pain in the lower abdomen is observed in the center.
- With abdominal ectopic pregnancy, signs and symptoms are similar to cervical, but are more pronounced. As a rule, the pains are localized in the center of the abdomen, intensifying when walking and turning the trunk. Usually symptoms are manifested in the early stages of pregnancy.
- Ovarian ectopic pregnancy has symptoms similar to adnexitis. At the same time, women feel severe pain from the side in which the ovary with the growing fetus is located. As the size of the embryo increases, so does the degree of pain.
An early symptom of an ectopic pregnancy is bleeding at 4-8 weeks. During this period, the allocation of scanty and smearing, sometimes resemble a weak menstruation. Bleeding at a later date is already dangerous for a woman's life and is fraught with serious consequences.
Ectopic pregnancy has another symptom identified with a pregnancy test . Many women note that when passing a test, the result is usually negative or the second strip is barely noticeable and much weaker than the first one. With all the signs of pregnancy present, a negative test should alert the woman and become a weighty reason for immediate medical attention.
Many women are worried about the question of how an ectopic pregnancy is going on and whether it makes you sick at an ectopic pregnancy as well as with an ordinary pregnancy? The answer is simple. With progressive ectopic pregnancy of any kind, all signs of a normal normal pregnancy are noted:
- nausea;
- delay in menstruation;
- salivation;
- increased mammary glands;
- a change in appetite and psychological state.
In this article, we examined in sufficient detail which symptoms are characteristic of ectopic pregnancy, and the degree of their severity. It should be emphasized that ectopic pregnancy is very dangerous for a woman, and therefore, it is extremely necessary at the first signs of pregnancy to immediately seek medical attention. This will avoid serious consequences.