Will the ectopic pregnancy test paper darken?

Now when we suspect that we are pregnant, we can choose to use early pregnancy test strips, and such test strips can be bought at pharmacies at any time, which is very convenient and practical. When you are pregnant, two special red lines will appear on the test paper, commonly known as two bars. However, many people will have doubts, if it is an ectopic pregnancy, can the test paper be used to detect it? If a woman has an ectopic pregnancy, it is very dangerous. If it is not discovered in time, it may even endanger the woman’s life. Now let’s talk about whether ectopic pregnancy can be detected using early pregnancy test paper.

1. Will the ectopic pregnancy test paper darken?

1. Ectopic pregnancy is also a kind of pregnancy phenomenon, but it is an abnormal pregnancy phenomenon. If you use a test strip to detect it, the color will deepen and show pregnancy, but there is no way to detect whether it is intrauterine pregnancy or ectopic pregnancy. Therefore, after confirming that you are pregnant, you need to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination to ensure that you have a normal pregnancy before continuing the pregnancy. If it is an ectopic pregnancy, you must terminate the pregnancy immediately.

2. The early pregnancy test paper is mainly used to detect the HCG hormone in the urine of female friends. HCG is produced by trophoblast cells and is a unique hormone in the body of pregnant women. It cannot be detected in the urine of non-pregnant female friends. If there is HCG hormone in the urine, it will show a positive reaction when tested with the early pregnancy test paper. The early pregnancy test paper determines whether a girl is pregnant by detecting the HCG hormone.

3. However, the phenomenon of ectopic pregnancy has been increasing in recent years. Therefore, after a woman is sure that she is pregnant, it is best to go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination to determine whether she has an intrauterine pregnancy or an ectopic pregnancy. It mainly depends on the location of the gestational sac implantation. If it is implanted in the woman's uterus, it is a normal intrauterine pregnancy. If it is implanted outside the uterus, it is an ectopic pregnancy.

2. Early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy

(1) Amenorrhea: Except for interstitial pregnancy with a long history of amenorrhea, most cases have amenorrhea for 6 to 8 weeks. About 20 to 30% of patients have no obvious history of amenorrhea.

(2) Abdominal pain: It is the main reason for patients with tubal pregnancy to seek medical treatment. Before tubal pregnancy miscarriage or rupture, symptoms include dull pain or soreness in one side of the lower abdomen. When miscarriage or rupture occurs, the patient suddenly feels tearing pain in one side of the lower abdomen, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. If blood accumulates in the rectouterine pouch, there is a feeling of heaviness and distension in the anus. Internal bleeding increases, and blood flows from the pelvic cavity to the entire abdomen, causing general abdominal pain. Stimulation of the diaphragm can cause radiating pain in the shoulder blades.

(3) Vaginal bleeding: There is often irregular vaginal bleeding, which is dark red in color, small in amount, and continuous, usually not exceeding the amount of menstruation. Decidual casts or fragments may be discharged with the vaginal bleeding.

(4) Syncope and shock: Due to acute intra-abdominal bleeding and severe abdominal pain, the patient may suffer from syncope in mild cases and hemorrhagic shock in severe cases. Its severity is proportional to the rate and amount of intra-abdominal bleeding, but not proportional to the amount of vaginal bleeding.