Ectopic Pregnancy - Causes, Symptoms and CureThere are many pregnancy abnormalities known in medical science. Among these abnormalities, ectopic pregnancy is one of them. It is actually a type of pregnancy complication. In ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized ovum starts nourishing in some other tissues other than uterine wall. Mostly, the fertilized ovum starts developing in tubes. Due to this development in tubes instead of uterine wall, this abnormality is also called tubal pregnancy. It is not necessarily tubes where fertilized egg develops; it can be any other parts of the body. The common places for the fertilized egg to grow are cervix or abdomen. The egg keeps on developing and the time comes when it become mature enough to burst causing severe bleeding and ultimately can prove fatal for mother's health. If it is not treated properly then the it can have deathly consequences.
The symptoms of this disease are very subtle and are very difficult to identify. However, you can have grim prognosis of whether you have this abnormality or not by the early signs of this disease. The early symptoms of this disease include pain in lower abdomen and also pain while having bowel movements. The most threatening symptom of this disease is vaginal bleeding. This is quite obvious symptom of this disease. Ectopic pregnancy is actually nothing more than a failing pregnancy so it causes much vaginal bleeding. The patient suffers from internal as well as external bleeding in ectopic pregnancy. Internal bleeding can cause severe pain in backbone and pelvis regions. It also causes severe pain in shoulder and you are unable to do any daily chores.
As I have explained earlier that ectopic pregnancy is abnormal pregnancy in which the fertilized egg is unable to reach women's uterus due to certain blockage. This blockage can be caused by several factors. This blockage can either be caused by inflammation of tubes or endometriosis. The other things that can cause blockage of tubes are some past surgery. The blockage of tubes can instantaneously be checked with the help of urine test because this test gives results very fast and ectopic pregnancy must be treated as soon as it is diagnosed.
If ectopic pregnancy is in premature stages then an injection of methotrexate is given to the patient causing decease in the growth of the embryo. If the embryo has developed somewhat bigger in the tubes then surgical methods are used to remove the abnormally developed embryo. However the modern techniques such as laparoscopy can save the patient from complex surgical methods. Laparoscopy is a method in which the access to pelvis of the patient is gained and then the affected tube which is causing abnormal pregnancy is removed. This is a bitter fact that ectopic pregnancy can develop again. So the best practice is to get a regular check-up from some expert doctor to monitor the functioning of Fallopian tubes and minimizing the chances of getting ectopic pregnancy again. EzineArticles.com Bambang_Hermanto