What are the early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy?

Everyone has heard of ectopic pregnancy. Although ectopic pregnancy is not a normal pregnancy, it can also cause early pregnancy reactions. Therefore, in order to distinguish between normal intrauterine pregnancy and ectopic pregnancy, certain professional knowledge is required. Ectopic pregnancy is very dangerous for women if it is not discovered in time. Therefore, female friends should be particularly vigilant about ectopic pregnancy. The incidence rate has been increasing in recent years, which should attract our attention. However, many women do not know the early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy. Here we will share with you what the early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy are.

Early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy:

1. Amenorrhea: Most women have a history of amenorrhea of ​​6-8 weeks. 20%-30% of patients have no history of amenorrhea and mistake irregular vaginal bleeding caused by ectopic pregnancy for menstruation, or do not consider it as amenorrhea because the menstrual period is only a few days late.

2. Abdominal pain: It is the main symptom of patients with fallopian tube pregnancy. Before the pregnancy ruptures, it often manifests as dull pain or soreness in one side of the lower abdomen. When miscarriage or rupture occurs, there is a sudden tearing pain in one side of the lower abdomen, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. As blood flows from the lower abdomen to the entire abdomen, the pain can spread from the lower abdomen to the entire abdomen, causing general abdominal pain.

3. Vaginal bleeding: After the death of the embryo, there is often irregular vaginal bleeding, which is dark red or dark brown in color, with a small amount in the form of drops, and generally does not exceed the amount of menstruation. Vaginal bleeding usually stops after the lesion is removed.

4. Syncope and shock: Due to intra-abdominal bleeding and severe abdominal pain, mild cases often experience syncope, while severe cases may experience shock. The more and faster the bleeding, the more severe the symptoms will be, but they are not proportional to the amount of vaginal bleeding.

5. Abdominal mass: If the hematoma formed during miscarriage or rupture of pregnancy lasts for a long time, the blood will coagulate and adhere to the surrounding tissues or organs to form a mass.

After reading the above article, I believe you have learned how to identify ectopic pregnancy, so pregnant women should pay special attention to early pregnancy examinations and learn more about the common diseases during the reproductive period in order to detect and treat them early. If an ectopic pregnancy is discovered but not treated in time, it will cause great damage to your body and even affect your ability to conceive again. It can be seen that it is very important to understand the early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, which can reduce the damage to the body.