Is ectopic pregnancy hereditary?

The occurrence of ectopic pregnancy actually has a certain genetic effect. If your mother or relatives have had an ectopic pregnancy, then you also have a certain chance of having an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy is actually not a big deal. As long as it is discovered in time, it can be treated as soon as possible.

1. Is ectopic pregnancy hereditary?

Ectopic pregnancy is somewhat hereditary. If the pregnant woman's mother, grandmother, or grandmother-in-law has a history of ectopic pregnancy, then the possibility of having an ectopic pregnancy is higher than that of ordinary women.

2. How to treat ectopic pregnancy

1. Conservative treatment with drugs

If an ectopic pregnancy can be diagnosed in its early stages, before the fallopian tube ruptures, and the patient has no desire to have children, drug therapy is the best option, as it causes less harm to the patient and the body can recover more easily. However, it cannot be used for those who want to have children, because the killed embryos polarize in situ, often causing blockage of the fallopian tube.

2. Fallopian tube fenestration and suture

For ectopic pregnancies where the fallopian tubes are not ruptured or the rupture is not large, laparoscopic surgery is used to cut the fallopian tubes, remove the embryo, and then suture them to maintain the function of the fallopian tubes. This is one of the current treatment methods for ectopic pregnancies.

3. Salpingectomy

For patients with severe fallopian tube rupture that is difficult to repair and accompanied by hemorrhagic shock, the affected fallopian tube can only be removed laparoscopically or openly, and blood transfusion may be required.

4. Corpus luteum destruction during pregnancy

Corpus luteum destruction surgery is a new surgical procedure that uses mechanical and drug methods to destroy the corpus luteum of pregnancy, causing a sudden drop in progesterone in the body that supports pregnancy, resulting in natural fetal death.

Indications: Unruptured ectopic pregnancy, where it is difficult to find the site of pregnancy, or the site of pregnancy is not conducive to surgical resection (cornual pregnancy and cervical pregnancy).

Advantages: The pregnancy site is not touched and intraoperative bleeding will not occur.