What is the risk of ectopic pregnancy?

Nowadays, ectopic pregnancy is becoming more and more common among pregnant women, but many people still know very little about it. If a woman has an ectopic pregnancy when she is pregnant and she lacks knowledge about it, it will be a very dangerous thing because it may threaten her life. How dangerous is ectopic pregnancy? I have summarized the following points. Let’s take a look at the following explanation to learn more.

According to a survey, about 1/3 of patients with ectopic pregnancy are in a state of pre-shock or shock when they are admitted to the hospital. The severity of the shock depends on the amount of internal bleeding and the rate of blood loss, which is not proportional to the amount of vaginal bleeding. If the pregnancy is in the fallopian tube, the fetus will not rupture until 3 to 4 months of development because the uterine muscle surrounds the tubal cavity. This area is where the uterine blood vessels and ovarian blood vessels converge. It is rich in blood vessels. Once ruptured, a large amount of intra-abdominal bleeding will occur in a very short time. If not treated quickly, it will be life-threatening.

After tubal pregnancy, due to the thin wall of the fallopian tube, the inner wall mucosa and submucosal tissue are very weak or incomplete, the fertilized egg will develop to a certain stage and cause miscarriage of the fallopian tube pregnancy or rupture of the fallopian tube pregnancy and internal bleeding. The fallopian tube muscles are weak and cannot contract and compress the blood sinuses like the uterus to effectively stop bleeding. If there is heavy bleeding, it may cause shock.

Depending on the site of implantation of the fertilized egg, there are tubal pregnancy, abdominal pregnancy, cervical pregnancy, etc. The most common ectopic pregnancy is a fallopian tube pregnancy. Generally, surgical treatment is required, which involves removal of the affected fallopian tube. There are two fallopian tubes, one on the left and one on the right. If one side is removed, the other side is intact and it still maintains normal physiological function without affecting fertility. But sometimes a person can suffer from two ectopic pregnancies and lose both fallopian tubes, which means she completely loses her fertility.

The current new method for treating ectopic pregnancy is chemotherapy that causes the embryo to die and be absorbed, while preserving the fallopian tube. This is suitable for patients with early ectopic pregnancy that has not ruptured. In short, the reproductive function of patients with ectopic pregnancy is generally not affected after recovery (except for those whose fallopian tubes on both sides are removed after surgery), so we must try our best to prevent the occurrence of ectopic pregnancy, achieve early detection and early treatment, and for those who want to have children, preserve the fallopian tubes as much as possible. If a fallopian tube has been removed after an ectopic pregnancy, an ultrasound examination should be performed in the early pregnancy after the next pregnancy to rule out another ectopic pregnancy so that timely treatment can be carried out to preserve the fallopian tube.

The above is an introduction to how dangerous ectopic pregnancy is. It can be seen that the risk of ectopic pregnancy is very high. In order to rule out ectopic pregnancy, when you suspect that you are pregnant or have symptoms of pregnancy, you must go to a relevant hospital for a pregnancy test. In addition, it is recommended that female friends who have never given birth to children must take good care of themselves and treat gynecological diseases in time to reduce the occurrence of ectopic pregnancy.