What is the difference between ectopic pregnancy miscarriage and spontaneous abortion?

Once the fertilized egg implants outside the uterine cavity, women will have an ectopic pregnancy. In this case, the fertilized egg will definitely not develop normally, and if it is not discovered in time, it will cause relatively great harm, such as severe pain, and it will cause women to faint or shock, and may even lead to death, so it must be taken seriously. The following introduces the difference between ectopic pregnancy and spontaneous abortion.

The difference between ectopic pregnancy miscarriage and spontaneous abortion:

[Amenorrhea]: Most patients have a short history of amenorrhea before the onset of the disease, which lasts for about 6 weeks. However, some patients may mistake pathological bleeding for menstruation because the human chorionic gonadotropin produced by the chorionic tissue is insufficient to maintain the endometrium, or because the disease occurs at an early stage, and they may think that they have no history of amenorrhea.

[Abdominal pain]: It is the main symptom of tubal pregnancy disruption, with an incidence of 95%. It is often sudden tearing or paroxysmal pain on one side of the lower abdomen, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Stimulating the diaphragm can cause radiating pain in the shoulder blades. When fluid accumulates in the pelvic cavity, there is a feeling of heaviness and defecation in the anus. It is very helpful in diagnosing ectopic pregnancy.

【Irregular vaginal bleeding】: It is mostly spotting, dark brown, small in amount, not exceeding the amount of menstruation. Vaginal bleeding is caused by endometrial ablation or fallopian tube bleeding discharged through the uterine cavity. Abdominal pain accompanied by vaginal bleeding is often a sign of fetal damage. If there is only abdominal pain but no vaginal bleeding, it is usually due to continued fetal survival or abdominal pregnancy, so you should be vigilant. This is also the difference in symptoms between spontaneous abortion and ectopic pregnancy.

How to diagnose ectopic pregnancy?

1. Self-examination

The first method introduced to determine ectopic pregnancy is to determine it through some self-examination. Generally speaking, if there is an ectopic pregnancy, the pregnant woman herself may feel some abdominal pain, and even vaginal bleeding. So in this case, once abnormal reactions such as bleeding and pain occur during pregnancy, you should go to the hospital for examination in time to determine whether it is caused by ectopic pregnancy.

2. Medical equipment

Of course, in addition to some self-examination methods, you can also use some medical equipment to achieve the purpose of diagnosis. For example, some B-ultrasound or color ultrasound examinations can diagnose ectopic pregnancy very well, but the time is best controlled to about two months of pregnancy. Only in this way can an accurate diagnosis be made. If the pregnancy is in the early stages, an ultrasound examination will only reveal irregular enlargement of the uterus, and a confirmed diagnosis must wait until two months.