How long does it take to detect signs of ectopic pregnancy?

Can ectopic pregnancy be detected with pregnancy test paper? In fact, although ectopic pregnancy and normal pregnancy are both forms of pregnancy, pregnancy test paper can only detect whether pregnancy is present, but cannot diagnose ectopic pregnancy, which must rely on other medical technologies for diagnosis. Next, the editor will mainly explain to you how long it takes to detect ectopic pregnancy.

1. How long does it take to detect an ectopic pregnancy?

How long it takes to detect an ectopic pregnancy varies from person to person. Generally, during the 35th to 40th day of pregnancy, the fetal sac can be seen in the uterine cavity during the B-ultrasound examination. If there is no gestational sac in the uterine cavity, or there is no uterine cavity, it means ectopic pregnancy. The patient has very obvious symptoms, such as pain, vaginal bleeding, heaviness and so on. At this time, you can check the blood HCG, and based on the test results, you can make a definite diagnosis. Generally, an ectopic pregnancy will burst after 40 days of pregnancy. The patient will experience dull pain in the lower abdomen accompanied by vaginal bleeding, which indicates an ectopic pregnancy.

2. Symptoms of ectopic pregnancy

Before tubal pregnancy miscarriage or rupture, the symptoms and clinical symptoms are not obvious. Except for the short-term amenorrhea and pregnancy manifestations, sometimes there is unilateral lower abdominal pain. During the examination, both fallopian tubes were normal or swollen. The actual symptoms are as follows:

Amenorrhea: Except for the longer amenorrhea period due to interstitial pregnancy, most cases of amenorrhea last for 6 to 8 weeks. Generally, abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding and other symptoms will occur after amenorrhea. However, about 20% of patients have no history of amenorrhea.

Abdominal pain: the most common clinical symptom when patients seek medical treatment. Abdominal pain is caused by several factors such as bilateral fallopian tube enlargement, rupture and blood irritation to the retroperitoneum. When the split occurs, the patient will feel tearing pain on one side of the lower abdomen, often accompanied by nausea and dry retching.

Vaginal bleeding: After the test tube embryo dies, irregular vaginal bleeding often occurs. It is dark brown in color and small in amount. It usually does not exceed the menstrual volume, but it is not clean.

Syncope and shock: Due to acute bleeding in the abdomen, reduced blood flow and severe abdominal pain may occur, with fainting occurring in mild cases and shock occurring in severe cases.