What to do if you have an ectopic pregnancy with an IUD?

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. After rupture, symptoms include acute and severe abdominal pain, repeated attacks, vaginal bleeding, and even shock. What should I do if I have an ectopic pregnancy with an IUD? Let us find out through the following article.

The main symptoms of ectopic pregnancy with an IUD are similar to those of ectopic pregnancy without an IUD. Typical manifestations include a history of amenorrhea (mostly 68 weeks) and early pregnancy reactions, as well as sudden severe lower abdominal pain, irregular small amounts of vaginal bleeding, etc. Some patients may discharge decidual tissue and complete decidual tubules in the vagina. Before and after the decidual tubule is discharged, their vaginal bleeding increases, just like menstruation. People with severe internal bleeding may also experience nausea, vomiting, pale complexion, rapid and weak pulse, decreased blood pressure and fainting, obvious abdominal tenderness, rebound pain and a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen. Abdominal pain often occurs after sexual intercourse, straining during bowel movements, and other actions that increase abdominal pressure. Ectopic pregnancy may not cause abdominal pain before miscarriage or fallopian tube rupture, but may only manifest as a small amount of vaginal bleeding. Although some patients have experienced miscarriage or fallopian tube rupture, if the internal bleeding is not serious, they may only have low fever and dull pain in the lower abdomen.

After using IUDs for contraception, most people relax their psychological precautions against the possibility of pregnancy, and are even less vigilant about the possibility of ectopic pregnancy while wearing the IUD. Therefore, regardless of whether the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy with an IUD are typical or not, it is very easy to cause misdiagnosis and mistreatment. During the diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pregnancy with an IUD, there are cases where doctors and patients mistake vaginal bleeding and mild abdominal pain as being caused by the IUD itself and remove the IUD hastily; there are also cases where patients are misdiagnosed and mistreated because their symptoms are not typical enough.

Therefore, both doctors and patients should be alert to ectopic pregnancy with IUD. Once the "situation" is discovered, it is necessary to "investigate thoroughly". Only by thinking that ectopic pregnancy can also occur with IUD will one not act rashly without knowing the truth. Generally speaking, the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with an IUD is not difficult as long as attention is paid to the comprehensive analysis of the patient's medical history, symptoms and signs, supplemented by necessary laboratory tests.

Patients with ectopic pregnancy often suffer from massive intra-abdominal bleeding, which is life-threatening. However, ectopic pregnancy with an IUD is easy to be ignored and poses a greater threat to the patient's life safety. Once the disease occurs, remember to go to the hospital as soon as possible.

What should I do if I have an ectopic pregnancy with an IUD? I believe you already have some understanding. Ectopic pregnancy is a very dangerous disease that poses a serious threat to the life of pregnant women. In recent years, the incidence of ectopic pregnancy has continued to increase, and the risk factors leading to ectopic pregnancy have also received increasing attention. However, ectopic pregnancy with an IUD is easy to be ignored and poses a greater threat to the patient's life safety. Once the disease occurs, remember to go to the hospital as soon as possible.