CAMAGÜEY.- Ectopic pregnancy is an increasingly frequent entity; however, there are preventive measures, and the main prophylaxis is to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

By using barrier methods, you also avoid acquiring a sexually transmitted disease, one of the causes of this health problem. In addition, if pregnancy is prevented, there is no voluntary termination of pregnancy, which is another risk factor for ectopics.

So said Dr. Ivette Alicia Prince Martínez, section chief of the Maternal and Child Care Program (PAMI) at the provincial level. She added that a safe abortion does not have to be complicated from the point of view of an infection, but it does have to be related to a masked sexually transmitted disease because the infection spreads, clogs the fallopian tubes and causes the next pregnancy to occur outside of place.

Every woman of reproductive age, the one who sadly here is from the age of 12, with abdominal pain has to suspect the presence of an ectopic pregnancy and promptly attend the doctor. To this it corresponds to think in the same way until showing that the cause of the pain is another, that is the formula to save lives in the face of such ailment, added the also 2nd degree specialist in Pediatrics and Intensive Care and Emergencies.

Prince Martínez, Assistant Professor and Master in Infectious Diseases, assured that it is vital to act quickly because in our environment the procedure to be followed is essentially surgical, which is why it must be diagnosed as early as possible to avoid rupture, since depending on the place in if it occurs on many occasions, the bleeding is such that it becomes difficult for the woman to survive.

It should not upset a woman or her family to tell the doctor: "Doctor, will I have an ectopic pregnancy?" The specialist commented, and if you feel insecure, do not leave the health institution until you know the cause of the pain. Something very important is not giving pain medication without knowing what is happening because the signs are hidden.

Ectopic pregnancy is a great simulator. This woman usually manifests all the signs of pregnancy: decay, sleepiness, nausea, vomiting, increased salivation, constipation, even, she expressed, the condition has sometimes been associated with diarrhea and even fever when there is blood in the peritoneal cavity ( The greater peritoneal cavity is open in the female at the level of the pavilion of the fallopian tubes and the ovaries).

There are no exclusive signs of this possibility in a woman, said Dr. Ivette, so when faced with abdominal pain, menstrual loss, vaginal bleeding or not, with any sign accompanied by abdominal pain, the first thing to do is think about ectopic pregnancy, until it is affirmed or found another origin, otherwise the person runs the risk of losing her life.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez