Ectopic Pregnancy
Posted on August 14, 2007
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Fertilized ova are able to implant elsewhere in the reproductive tract. These are ectopic pregnancies. They almost all miscarry early but may cause severe internal bleeding. Rarely, an ectopic pregnancy may carry to the age of viability or even to term,This occurs in the extremely rare event that the fertilized ovum implanted in the abdominal cavity-called an abdominal pregnancy. The most common site of an ectopic pregnancy is the fallopian tube-called tubal pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy occurs in approximately 1 percent of all pregnancies, Among these, more than 95 percent are tubal. 
Women with ectopic pregnancies often discover they are pregnant and shortly thereafter start to bleed. Others may have what appears to be a late period but is actually bleeding from an ectopic pregnancy. Indeed, in any sexually active woman of reproductive age, ectopic pregnancy should be considered when there is abnormal vaginal bleeding, Severe pain usually accompanies the bleeding and shoulder pain may develop if bleeding is heavy. If you experience any of these symptoms, immediately call your physician or midwife, or go to the emergency room,diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is made by examination, laboratory test for pregnancy, and ultrasound. Usual treatment is surgical removal of the pregnancy, and often the tube. Recently, some types of ectopic pregnancies have been treated without surgery. These cases have been diagnosed early and have not resulted in serious bleeding.
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