For female friends who are preparing for pregnancy, learning that they are pregnant is a joyful thing, but pregnancy is not necessarily a good intrauterine pregnancy, because a small number of pregnant women have ectopic pregnancy, such as cervical pregnancy. So, what is cervical pregnancy? What are the causes and related treatment methods of cervical pregnancy?
1. Definition of cervical pregnancy
A normal pregnancy is when sperm and egg combine to form a fertilized egg, which slides into the uterus together, implants, and then quietly develops into a beautiful man or girl. However, there will always be some accidents where the fertilized egg runs to the wrong place, which is called ectopic pregnancy. Usually, the fertilized egg implants directly in the fallopian tube, but there may also be rare cases where the fertilized egg becomes pregnant in the cervix.
2. Causes of cervical pregnancy
Reason one is that poor uterine development, endocrine disorders, uterine malformations, or uterine fibroids can cause deformation of the uterine cavity, resulting in the uterus becoming an unsuitable environment for implantation, so the fertilized egg implants elsewhere. Reason 2: There is a problem with the endometrial surface of the uterine cavity, which prevents the fertilized egg from entering the uterus for implantation. Endometrial adhesion, cesarean section, and curettage are often the causes of cervical pregnancy. Reason three is that the fertilized egg runs too fast and does not have the ability to implant when passing through the uterine cavity, or the endometrium has not fully matured and enters the cervical canal, where it implants and divides.
3. Cervical pregnancy treatment
Cervical pregnancy abortion surgery involves scraping or separating the inner tube sac and decidua of the cervical canal with fingers, and then clamping them with oval forceps. Almost every case of cervical pregnancy abortion surgery requires hemostatic measures. For patients with existing children, regardless of gestational age, a total hysterectomy should be performed to avoid hemorrhagic shock and infection. In addition, vascular angiography and bilateral uterine artery embolization can successfully stop bleeding during surgery. And uterine artery embolization treatment itself does not affect future menstruation and fertility.
What is cervical pregnancy? In fact, cervical pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy because the fertilized egg implants in the cervix, leading to cervical pregnancy. There are two main causes of cervical pregnancy, and the solution can be conservative treatment, radical treatment, or imaging and arterial embolization to treat cervical pregnancy.
