Article By Tehmina Mazher
Know Your Risk Factors and Ectopic Pregnancy - Two main symptoms is vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain unilateral. This can vary in intensity, depending on how far the pregnancy has progressed. Ectopic pregnancy is very dangerous because it can lead to rupture the tube, along with severe bleeding. In extreme cases, intra-abdominal bleeding can be catastrophic and even fatal for the woman.
Ectopic pregnancy occurs at a rate of about one in 60 pregnancies. Certain risk factors have been found to increase the chances for an ectopic pregnancy. Risk factors are:
* History of severe pelvic infection
* Endometriosis
* Cigarette smoking
* Improve maternal age
* History of infertility
* before surgery on fallopian tubes
* Prior pelvic or abdominal surgery (scar tissue)
* Previous Ectopic Pregnancy
If your doctor suspects that you have an ectopic pregnancy, she will perform certain tests. Your doctor may perform a pelvic examination, check your blood pressure and pulse, perform an ultrasound, and take your blood to check your pregnancy hormone levels.
Diagnosis may not appear immediately. Sometimes it may take several days of observation and additional tests before the diagnosis are clear. The use of sophisticated technologies and accurate monitoring of hormonal ultrasound has now been possible to detect the majority of ectopic pregnancies when they were still in the very early stages.
Tags: ectopic pregnancy, Endometriosis, Pregnancy, Symptoms Ectopic Pregnancy
