#vaginalbleeding

Irregular vaginal bleeding is any bleeding from a woman's vaginal area that is not part of her regular period. Bleeding after sex, and between periods are some of the common symptoms of vaginal bleeding. Consult a specialist if you experience these symptoms.

You may be in your first trimester or second trimester, even slight bleeding, it’s natural for you to be scared and worried about the baby. Consult your doctor immediately, to determine whether bleeding during pregnancy is normal?

Basically, vaginal bleeding during pregnancy is any form of bloody discharge from the vagina. This can occur from the time the egg has fertilised till the end of your pregnancy. While bleeding during your early pregnancy is common and doesn’t cause you much problem, bleeding during the latter part of your pregnancy might be more serious.

Also explore the reasons for bleeding during your pregnancy from the first trimester to the 3rd trimester.

Designs and objectives This study is a prospective, descriptive, hospital-based study, done in Omdurman Maternity Hospital and Omdurman New Hospital, to assess correlation between ultrasound findings of ectopic pregnancy and operative findings in Sudanese women.

Methods: The study was conducted on patients attended to gynecological Casualty with vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain in early pregnancy diagnosed as Ectopic pregnancy, ultrasound done to all the patients, with direct interview using predesigned questionnaire, and all of these is after consent obtained, ultrasonic findings was correlated to the intraoperative findings, sensitivity of the ultrasound was calculated using SPSS.

Results: out of 110 women, the most common age was 20-30 years (48.2%), multiparous were predominated by (53.6%). The commonest risk factors included; history of IUCD usage found in (52.7%), history of PID in (29.1%), history of abdomino-pelvic surgery in (24.5%), and history of ectopic pregnancy in (6.4%). On examination, there were (71.8%) women were stable, abdominal tenderness found in (54.5%), pallor in (57.3%), and (10%) of women were shocked. Sensitivity of U/S in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy was 97.3%.

Conclusion: It was concluded that, U/S is reliable tool for diagnosing ectopic pregnancy.