Ectopic Pregnancy

Ectopic Pregnancy Overview
An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that develops outside a woman's uterus (womb). This happens when the fertilized egg from the ovary does not implant itself normally in the uterus.
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Ectopic pregnancy
Definition
In an ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized egg implants in a location outside the uterus and tries to develop there. The word ectopic means "in an abnormal place or position.
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Ectopic pregnancy
Women who become pregnant despite using progesterone-bearing IUDs also have an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy.
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Ectopic pregnancy: A pregnancy that is not in the uterus. The fertilized egg settles and grows in any location other than the inner lining of the uterus. The large majority (95%) of ectopic pregnancies occur in the Fallopian tube.
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Ectopic Pregnancy
( From The PDR® Family Guide Encyclopedia of Medical Care )
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ...
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Ectopic pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition. Although death from this condition is rare, ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal death in the first trimester of pregnancy.
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Ectopic pregnancy
Call the doctor for a prompt appointment. If you experience severe abdominal pain or bleeding, call 911 or go to the emergency room right away.
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In women, the bacteria can spread into the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which may result in scarring of the tubes, greater risk of ectopic pregnancy and infertility.
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However, spotting may also signify an impending miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy that implants outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes, which are organs that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus).
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From there it can spread to the uterus and fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, or infertility. Other complications, in both sexes, include infection of the joints, heart valves, and brain.
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PID can cause infertility or damage the fallopian tubes enough to increase the future risk of ectopic pregnancy and infertility.
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CAUSES AND TREATMENT"There can be cervical incompetence, ectopic pregnancy (implantation of the fertilized egg into a fallopian tube), abruptio placentae (placenta separates from the uterine wall), ...
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Endometriosis (tissues normally found in the uterus growing in other areas)
Ectopic pregnancy (in which the fertilized egg develops outside of the uterus),
Pelvic inflammatory disease (an inflammation in the pelvic cavity)
Cancer
Cholecystitis ...
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Untreated infection during pregnancy is associated with ectopic pregnancy and premature birth. It can be passed to the baby during delivery, causing eye or lung infections.
Treatment ...
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to establish the dates of a pregnancy
to determine the number of fetuses and identify placental structures
to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage
to examine the uterus and other pelvic anatomy
in some cases to detect fetal abnormalities ...
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heavy menstrual bleeding
an infection in any of your reproductive organs (ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes)
pregnancy in a fallopian tube (ectopic pregnancy).
How is it used?
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Indications: acute/chronic pelvic pain, menstrual abnormalities, infertility/sterility, pelvic mass, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), congenital anomalies, lysis of adhesions, cytology sampling, ...
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one that is growing outside of the uterus. An ectopic pregnancy usually occurs in the tube that carries the egg from the ovary to the uterus (Fallopian tube) and is commonly called a tubal pregnancy.
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