Ectopic Molar Pregnancy - Ectopic Molar Pregnancy reviewed

2009-05-11T06:20:00.000-07:00

While most pregnancies result in the birth of a healthy baby, occasionally a pregnancy goes wrong from the start. Ectopic and molar pregnancies are examples of this.
So Sad, the baby cannot live. Without treatment, it can injure the pregnant mother.

First we start with Ectopic Pregnancy :

What is Ectopic Pregnancy ?

1 pregnancy in 50 is ectopic. Ectopic means '' out of place''. In an ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized egg implants outside of the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube, and begins to grow. Rarely, an ectopic pregnancy implants in the woman’s abdomen, on the outside of the uterus, on an ovary or in the cervix.

What are the symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy?

Some women with an ectopic pregnancy start out with typical early-pregnancy symptoms, such as nausea and tender breasts. Others have no early symptoms and may not know they are pregnant.

However, about 1 week after a missed menstrual period, a woman may experience slight, irregular vaginal bleeding that may be brownish in color. Some women mistake this bleeding for a normal menstrual period. The bleeding may be followed by pain in the lower abdomen, often felt mainly on one side.

A woman with these symptoms should contact her health care provider promptly or go to a hospital emergency room. Without treatment, these symptoms may be followed in several days or weeks by severe pelvic pain, shoulder pain (due to blood from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy pressing on the diaphragm), faintness, dizziness, nausea or vomiting.

then it is molar pregnancy :

What is Molar Pregnancy?

1 in 1,500 pregnancies is molar. In a molar pregnancy, the early placenta develops into an abnormal mass of cysts (called a hydatidiform mole) that resembles a bunch of white grapes. The embryo either does not form at all or is malformed and cannot survive.

There are two types of molar pregnancy:

Complete mole: There is no embryo and no normal placental tissue.
Partial mole: There is an abnormal embryo, and there may be some normal placental tissue. With a partial mole, the embryo begins to develop.

Both types of molar pregnancy are caused by an abnormal fertilized egg. In a complete mole, all of the fertilized egg’s chromosomes (tiny thread-like structures in cells that carry genes) come from the father (4, 5). Normally, half come from the father and half from the mother. In a complete mole, shortly after fertilization, the chromosomes from the mother’s egg are lost or inactivated, and those from the father are duplicated.

In most cases of partial mole, the mother’s 23 chromosomes remain, but there are two sets of chromosomes from the father (so the embryo has 69 chromosomes instead of the normal 46). This can happen when the chromosomes from the father are duplicated or if two sperm fertilize an egg (4, 5).

Molar pregnancy poses a threat to the pregnant woman because it can occasionally result in a rare pregnancy-related form of cancer called choriocarcinoma.

What are the symptoms of a molar pregnancy?

A molar pregnancy may start off like a normal pregnancy. Around the tenth week, abnormal vaginal bleeding, which often is dark brown in color, usually occurs. Other common symptoms include:

Severe nausea and vomiting
Rapid uterine growth (due to the increasing number of cysts)
High blood pressure
Cysts on the ovaries

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