Ectopic pregnancy is a condition when pregnancy starts to grow outside the uterus. Normally sperm and egg meet in fallopian tube & when pregnancy takes place & start growing it moves into uterus & grows there. Rarely pregnancy does not move into uterus & start growing outside uterus ie in tube, ovary or abdomen & that is called ectopic pregnancy. This is an emergency situation, when the pregnancy grows in tube, tube cannot accomodate the pregnancy and can burst leading to pain, internal bleeding.
| Symptoms | : Asymptomatic |
| : Irregular spotting or scanty period | |
| : Pain in lower abdomen | |
| : Fainting episode | |
| : Sometime women comes in collapsed state | |
| Risk Factor | : Age above 40 |
| : Ectopic pregnancy in past | |
| : PID or tuberculosis involving tube | |
| : Surgery of tube | |
| : Assisted reproducive technique | |
| Treatment | : Small pregnancy prior to rupture of tube & if General condition of Female is good can be managed medically. |
| : Large ectopic, Rupture tube or poor general condition of female or failed medical managment requires surgery. |