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Just curious. How many weeks into the pregnancy would the symptoms show up??

2007-01-22 00:03:01 · 5 answers · asked by babydj1803 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting Pregnancy

Also, will you get a positive result on a pregnancy test if it is ectopic??

2007-01-22 00:28:13 · update #1

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Early symptoms are either absent or subtle. Clinical presentation of ectopic pregnancy occurs at a mean of 7.2 weeks after the last normal menstrual period, with a range of 5 to 8 weeks. Later presentations are more common in communities deprived of modern diagnostic ability.

The early signs are:

* Pain and discomfort, usually mild. A corpus luteum on the ovary in a normal pregnancy may give very similar symptoms.
* Vaginal bleeding, usually mild. An ectopic pregnancy is usually a failing pregnancy and falling levels of progesterone from the corpus luteum on the ovary cause withdrawal bleeding. This can be indistinguishable from an early miscarraige or the 'implantation bleed' of a normal early pregnancy.

Patients with a late ectopic pregnancy typically have pain and bleeding. This bleeding will be both vaginal and internal and has two discrete pathophysiologic mechanisms. - External bleeding is due to the falling progesterone levels. - Internal bleeding is due to hemorrhage from the affected tube.

The differential diagnosis at this point is between miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and early normal pregnancy. The presence of a positive pregnancy test virtually rules out pelvic infection as it is rare indeed to find pregnancy with an active Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). The most common misdiagnosis assigned to early ectopic pregnancy is PID.

More severe internal bleeding may cause:

* Lower back, abdominal, or pelvic pain.
* Shoulder pain this is caused by free blood tracking up the abdominal cavity, and is an ominous sign.
* There may be cramping or even tenderness on one side of the pelvis.
* The pain is of recent onset, meaning it must be differentiated from cyclical pelvic pain, and is often getting worse.

* Ectopic pregnancy is noted that it can mimic symptoms of other diseases such as appendicitis, other gastrointestinal disorder, problems of the urinary system, as well as pelvic inflammatory disease and other gynaecologic problems.

2007-01-22 00:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by DarkChoco 4 · 0 0

I presented with my ectopic with no pain, but common signs are pain, bleeding and a lack of increase in HCG (which can only be determined by bloodwork). For now, don't worry about it. There's really nothing you can do at this point to change the outcome if it is an ectopic, but since the odds are likely that it is NOT an ectopic, it's prudent for you to try to relax and minimize your stress levels as much as possible.

2016-03-29 08:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes a positive result will show in an ectopic pregnancy. I had a ruptured ectopic in 1997 and I nearly died. I was 7 weeks and i didn't even know i was pregnate. I bled for 3 weeks off and on I though it was just a bad cycle. But as it turned out the pain was unimaginable. Please if you think you are having an ectopic pregnancy or you know someone who is ...get medical attention imediately...

2007-01-22 00:36:20 · answer #3 · answered by jttatum2005 2 · 0 0

You will get a positive pregnancy test but when they check your HCG levels by blood test they will only go up slowly (their can be other things it can be) , another sign is a pain down one side (this can also be other things) Its hard to tell without a scan. With ectopic their is a danger that it can iruppt or it will miscarry when it tries to grow. Anyone with any dought should get checked.

2007-01-22 01:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by Littleblonde-kacey is here 6 · 1 0

pain in your sides.usually the symptoms will get worse the further along you are because the bigger the embryo gets the more pressure on your fallopian tubes. if you suspect this at all get checked immediately as it can be a very serious complication.

2007-01-22 00:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by Angela C 6 · 0 0

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