Does ectopic pregnancy cause menstruation?

Ectopic pregnancy is a gynecological disease that we are very familiar with. We also call ectopic pregnancy ectopic pregnancy. The occurrence of ectopic pregnancy can easily bring many harms to patients, so we recommend that female friends must pay attention to this disease. We must not only do a good job of preventing ectopic pregnancy, but also need to understand the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. In the following article, we will introduce to you whether ectopic pregnancy will cause menstruation.

An abnormal pregnancy process in which the fertilized egg implants and develops outside the uterine cavity. Also called "ectopic pregnancy". The most common type of pregnancy is tubal pregnancy. The cause of the disease is often due to inflammation in the fallopian tube lumen or its surroundings, which causes poor patency of the lumen, hindering the normal operation of the fertilized egg, causing it to stay, implant, and develop in the fallopian tube, leading to miscarriage or rupture of the fallopian tube pregnancy. There are often no obvious symptoms before miscarriage or rupture, but there may also be amenorrhea, abdominal pain, and a small amount of vaginal bleeding. After rupture, symptoms include acute and severe abdominal pain, repeated attacks, vaginal bleeding, and even shock. Examination often shows signs of intra-abdominal bleeding and a mass next to the uterus. Ultrasound examination can assist in diagnosis. Treatment is mainly surgical. While correcting shock, laparotomy and removal of the diseased fallopian tube are performed. If you want to preserve your fertility, you can also cut the fallopian tube and remove the fertilized egg.

Ectopic pregnancy is also known as ectopic pregnancy. After an ectopic pregnancy occurs, the early symptoms are very similar to those of a normal pregnancy. Generally, there will be symptoms such as amenorrhea, abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding. The biggest feature of an ectopic pregnancy is that the fertilized egg implants outside the uterine cavity, and the most common implantation is in the fallopian tube.

Amenorrhea, abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding are the three most typical symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, but not all patients with ectopic pregnancy will experience the above three symptoms. About 25% of patients do not have symptoms of amenorrhea. This is the cause of ectopic pregnancy, and there are many types. Some patients appear to have menstruation, but in fact the last vaginal bleeding is not true menstruation. It may be abnormal vaginal bleeding, but it may coincide with the time of menstruation, so it is mistaken for menstruation. When there is vaginal bleeding, a pregnancy test may be positive. Therefore, it is unreliable to judge whether there is an ectopic pregnancy based on whether there is menstruation. Vaginal bleeding caused by ectopic pregnancy is often mistaken for menstruation. Therefore, to determine ectopic pregnancy, we must consider the pregnancy symptoms, examinations, and test results together. The most reliable thing is to go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination.

In the above article, we raised a question that many female friends want to know, which is whether menstruation will occur in the event of ectopic pregnancy. We know that ectopic pregnancy is a very harmful disease, which can easily cause patients to experience symptoms of amenorrhea. Therefore, ectopic pregnancy generally does not cause menstruation.