Today a lot of women develop one complicated problem as they become pregnant - ectopic pregnancy. Medical term 'ectopic' means out of place and so that's why it can be the reason for multiple problems and unwilled results. What is the reason for ectopic pregnancy? In most cases fertilized egg develops inside womb, but sometimes it's implanted outside it. In this situation egg is stuck in fallopian tubes. This is the cause of for about 95% of ectopic pregnancies. This has given the health disorder one more name - tubal pregnancy. However sometimes the egg may also start growing in other places, f. ex. ovary or the cervix.
It's clear, just womb with its space and elastic tissues is the place for fertilized egg. All other locations cause abnormal pregnancy. The locations mentioned stop pregnancy development. Fetus starts growing and, as the result, it damages tissues surrounding it. In most cases it causes faint and severe bleedings. Common ectopic pregnancy breaks healthy development. In other words it can't lead to a live birth. Researchers have opened one phenomenon of this disease.
Studies have determined that Chlamydia and ectopic pregnancy are connected. Chlamydia may lead to pelvic infection. We need admit that for decades it has been a real issue in medicine. Not only Chlamydia may cause ectopic pregnancy, but also harm fallopian tubes. As a result it might bring a patient to ectopic pregnancy or infertility. Doctors name some signs that can be caused by ectopic pregnancy.
Taking into consideration data provided ectopic pregnancy can be not easy to diagnose even with modern medical equipment. Early pregnancy and ectopic pregnancy symptoms are complicated to distinguish. Woman with growing ectopic pregnancy may feel vomiting, nausea or faints. It's good to pay attention to your health so you will not miss symptoms of this health problem. Vaginal bleeding or severe pain mean that something is wrong with pregnancy. Also females may get pelvis, stomach or shoulder pain. In case blood flow irritates nerves, a woman may get pain that seems to be totally not connected to gynecology issues. Such problem as pelvic inflammatory disease is one of subsequences as well. Females who have been observed ectopic pregnancy tell they cannot get rid from acute pain. Are there any ways of treatment possible?
Even though medicine sphere shows quick progress nowadays, ectopic pregnancy is quite not rare. There's no one solution for all cases as treatment is different for each case. Overall health of a woman and her interaction with certain medicines is really important. One more issue is the size and location of ectopic pregnancy. When found early, ectopic pregnancy can be solved by methotrexate injections. These injections prevent the egg from growth. However, there are some situations when the pregnancy continues; at this stage female patients must be operated in order to get rid of this defected pregnancy. Earlier such operation required a huge incision at pelvic area. By the way so far this operation can still be needed in urgent cases. Your doctor may prescribe newer treatments like laparoscopy. This is a lighter form of surgical operation that requires tiny video camera to be put into the lower abdomen; it shows an image on the screen in the operating room. Thus doctor can see what is happening inside the woman body. No huge incisions that will develop into awful scars are made.
Posted on September 26th, 2009 | filed under Women's Issues |