Watch out for unusual symptoms during pregnancy

The article was professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Le Thi Phuong - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Ha Long International Hospital.

Besides nutrition, full care with pregnant women. Recognizing abnormal signs during pregnancy is extremely important for proactive intervention or measures to minimize the danger to mother and fetus.

Bleeding with pain in the lower abdomen is most likely a sign of miscarriage.
The cause of miscarriage is due to the mother's health condition, abnormal uterine condition or cervical ectropion, the use of a harmful drug, exposure to poison, the mother's severe trauma or placenta problem.
The majority of mothers later became pregnant again, giving birth safely, only a few cases needed the intervention of a specialist. Even for a small number of cases of repeated miscarriages can not be treated or found the cause.

One of the unusual signs of pregnancy that pregnant women should pay attention to is abdominal pain, missed periods. When these signs appear, pregnant women should immediately think of an ectopic pregnancy.
An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that does not implant in the uterus. Implantation can occur in many different locations such as in the fallopian tube, ovary, cervix, intra-abdominal, and even outside the peritoneal cavity. However, about 95% of ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tubes.
Ectopic pregnancy is common in women with fallopian tube defects, congenital fallopian tube stenosis, previous surgery related to fallopian tubes....
Pregnant women should think of ectopic pregnancy when Have the following signs: Late period, abdominal pain, abnormal vaginal bleeding.
Late period : The vast majority of ectopic pregnancies show signs of delayed menstruation. However, some cases of irregular menstrual periods are difficult to predict, or abnormal vaginal bleeding before menstruation also needs to be kept in mind. Abdominal pain: Usually pain at the site of the ectopic pregnancy, pain in the lower abdomen sometimes accompanied by tenesmus. Abnormal vaginal bleeding: Abnormal bleeding time like before or after the expected menstrual period, prolonged bleeding. Abnormalities of the blood, such as bright or dark red blood or thinner than normal. In case of ruptured ectopic pregnancy, there are signs of sweating, lightheadedness, dizziness and possibly fainting.
An ectopic pregnancy can happen to any woman, but the risk is higher in those who have had an STI or have had tubal surgery.

Abdominal enlargement faster than usual is one of the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy.
Normally, after the egg is fertilized, it will divide very quickly to form a fetus and its appendages (such as: amniotic sac, placental spines, placenta ..). The development of the fetus and the appendages of the fetus must be proportional to each other.
However, there are cases where the trophoblastic cells (the part that develop into the vegetable spike) grow too fast, so the connective tissue and capillaries of the umbilical blood vessels of the umbilicus do not develop in time, so the spicules degenerate. The swelling swells and forms fluid-filled sacs that stick together like bunches of grapes, often taking up the entire area of ​​the uterus.
These lesions have damaged the eggs, but the vegetable spines are still nourished by the mother's blood, so they continue to function. This phenomenon is called ovulatory phenomenon.
Currently, the exact cause of ectopic pregnancy has not been determined. New medicine has identified a number of factors that increase the risk of pregnancy such as: mother's age, multiple births, history of abnormal first pregnancy, lack of nutrients.

When a pregnant woman experiences the following abnormal symptoms, it may be that she is having problems with an egg pregnancy: bleeding, heavy morning sickness, if she has given birth, she may notice that her belly is bigger than usual, ultrasound shows the size of the baby. The uterus is large, disproportionate to the gestational age, soft, see the hole in the placenta like the image of snow.
When the ultrasound does not hear fetal echo in the uterus, or the fetal heart is not heard (fetal heart rate is negative), vaginal and adnexal examination may show nodules with metastases into the vagina, the size of a finger, color dark purple, fragile, causes bleeding and can see thyroid cysts (on one or both ovaries), easy to move, urine test shows elevated HCG levels ...
International General Hospital Vinmec offers a comprehensive maternity care program for pregnant women right from the first months of pregnancy with full antenatal check-ups, periodical 3D and 4D ultrasounds, and routine tests to ensure ensure the mother is always healthy and the fetus develops comprehensively.
Pregnant women will be consulted and checked for health under the close supervision of experienced and specialized Obstetricians, helping mothers have more knowledge to protect their health during pregnancy as well as reduce reduce complications for mother and child.