In normal pregnancies women have intrauterine pregnancy, but there are exceptional cases where the ectopic pregnancy, called this case ectopic pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy), a situation that requires immediate intervention of the doctor and surgical treatment because it often lead to the death of the mother, Uterine or non-reproduction completely.
Ectopic pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy is the fetus in a place outside the uterine cavity, which is often in one of the fallopian tubes, and one of the reasons that lead to the occurrence of this type of pregnancy infections that occur in the membrane of the uterus and usually occur in the basin, which impedes the arrival of the egg coming from the ovary to enter the uterus , Which leads to the egg is fertilized outside the uterus, and other reasons for the presence of infections and tumors in the reproductive tract in women.
Cause of ectopic pregnancy
The cause of an ectopic pregnancy or tubal pregnancy is not yet known. The fertilized egg takes about 5 days to complete its journey from the ovary through the fallopian tube to the uterus where it grows itself and begins to grow.
If there is an ectopic pregnancy, this will not happen and the pregnancy will begin to grow in the fallopian tube. This may be caused by damage to the fallopian tube resulting in tightness for the egg that prevents it from reaching its desired destination.
Symptoms of ectopic pregnancy
- In this case, women are advised to notice that the color of the blood is very dark similar to the color of peach juice that the doctor immediately retreat, where the blood in that case is a bleeding refers to the occurrence of pregnancy outside the womb.
- Pregnant women at the beginning of pregnancy are suffering from persistent pain on one side of the pelvis or below the abdomen, and when a severe pain does not stop at the abdominal area it is advisable to see a doctor to diagnose the condition.
- When pregnancy continues and the case of ectopic pregnancy is not diagnosed, women will experience many symptoms resulting from the fallopian tubes such as feeling faint, dizziness, excessive sweating, diarrhea and difficulty in the output, and feeling the pain of the upper shoulders, which is also a sign of internal bleeding.
- Feeling nausea and vomiting and a clear change in the mood of women, which leads to the deterioration of health of pregnant women, and may result in women with visual disorders, which will lose consciousness, and lead to yellow color with sweating.
- This is normal because of pregnancy, and it is often advised to see a doctor when there is swelling and pain in the breast where this may be a symptom of ectopic pregnancy.
- The uterus is exposed to a clear change in its size. This change does not suit and corresponds to the gestational age because the intrauterine pregnancy has a specific size that differs from the ectopic pregnancy. Therefore, when the diagnosis is made, the doctor will notice a lump adhering to the uterine wall. And then the condition will be diagnosed in the final form, with the possibility of surgery to get rid of this mass, which we have already mentioned that would lose the uterus and the ability to reproduce and cause permanent pubic.
Treatment of ectopic pregnancy
When the ectopic pregnancy is discovered, the surgeon can remove it through the endoscope by making a small cut in the wall of the fallopian tube while retaining the same channel or removing it if it is damaged to avoid recurrence. However, laparoscopic surgery is preferred as well as abdominal surgery for the following reasons:
Healing is faster in laparoscopic surgery compared to abdominal surgery.
There is less blood loss than open surgery.
Hospital stays are shorter.
The need for painkillers is less.
If the canal breaks, the condition calls for surgery in the abdomen instead of laparoscopic surgery because it is a faster solution to reduce blood loss.