Can an ectopic pregnancy last more than two months?

As we all know, ectopic pregnancy is a very common condition, which means that the fetus develops outside the pregnant mother's uterus. Once it occurs, you need to seek medical attention in time to prevent the consequences from becoming more serious. So, how many months can an ectopic pregnancy last? Let’s study and train together.

Ectopic pregnancy, also known as ectopic pregnancy, refers to the combination of sperm and egg and embryo implantation outside the uterus. Ectopic pregnancy is a common subacute abdominal symptom in obstetrics and gynecology, with a prevalence of about 2%, and is one of the causes of maternal and infant mortality. The key symptoms of ectopic pregnancy include vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, etc. In severe cases, fainting and shock may occur.

Once an ectopic pregnancy is diagnosed, the patient should terminate the pregnancy. In order to minimize the harm of the disease to pregnant women's bodies, pregnant women need to undergo physical examinations as early as possible during pregnancy to determine the site of the test tube embryo. Once abnormalities in the implantation of the fertilized egg are found, the possibility of ectopic pregnancy should be considered, and certain effective measures should be taken to actively treat it. In recent years, due to the development of medical technology, patients with ectopic pregnancy can be diagnosed earlier and given corresponding intervention measures, which significantly improves the survival rate and fertility preservation ability of patients.

Under normal circumstances, if the test tube embryo is implanted in the uterus after a woman becomes pregnant, it is called an intrauterine pregnancy. If it is implanted at a certain point outside the uterus, it is called an ectopic pregnancy, which is also called ectopic pregnancy in medicine. The most common location of ectopic pregnancy is the fallopian tubes, and rarely it can be seen in the uterus, ovaries, cervix, etc. It means that the test tube embryo did not implant in the uterus, but grew and developed elsewhere, and then the fallopian tubes ruptured, causing internal bleeding. This disease is very threatening to the mother's life. The most common causes of ectopic pregnancy are salpingitis and adhesions, such as chronic salpingitis, tuberculosis, and endometriosis.

The early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Abdominal pain: The patient has heavy or severe pain in the lower abdomen, a feeling of defecation, and often sweats profusely. If the wound ruptures, the patient will feel tearing pain in one side of the lower abdomen, accompanied by nausea and retching.

Amenorrhea: The early symptoms of ectopic pregnancy are easily confused with normal early pregnancy reactions. If a pregnant woman experiences amenorrhea and early pregnancy reactions within a short period of time, and sometimes also has unilateral lower abdominal pain, and examination reveals that both fallopian tubes are normal and swollen, ectopic pregnancy should be suspected.

Vaginal bleeding: Patients with ectopic pregnancy may experience vaginal bleeding. It should be noted that ectopic pregnancy bleeding is irregular vaginal bleeding that occurs after the death of the test tube embryo. It is dark brown in color and small in amount, generally not exceeding the menstrual volume. Bleeding is often accompanied by the discharge of decidual tubular or decidual fragments, and the bleeding can stop completely when the disease is cleared. Bleeding during menstruation is discharged without decidual tissue.

Syncope and shock: Many patients may suffer from reduced blood flow or severe abdominal pain due to subacute bleeding in the abdomen. In mild cases, they may experience syncope, and in severe cases, they may suffer from shock, which is seriously life-threatening.

Other symptoms: Patients with ectopic pregnancy may also experience nausea, vomiting, frequent urination and urgency. Some patients may go into shock due to internal bleeding, becoming pale and having low blood pressure.

If a woman has the above symptoms at the same time after becoming pregnant, she should suspect ectopic pregnancy and go to the hospital for physical examination and treatment as soon as possible.