Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy is a common problem affecting approximately 25% of all clinically diagnosed pregnancies. Of these about 50% will be due to a failed pregnancy.
Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy is a common problem affecting approximately 25 % of all clinically diagnosed pregnancies. Of these about 50 % will be due to a failed pregnancy.
Vaginal bleeding can be thought of as pregnancy related or non-pregnancy related. Causes may be primary or abnormal uterine bleeding, or secondary genital tract bleeding
A patient in early pregnancy presents with pelvic pain and heavy vaginal bleeding. She has been bleeding heavily over the last hour. She tells you she had an ultrasound 2 weeks ago, at 5 weeks gestation which showed an intrauterine pregnancy, but was too early to detect cardiac activity.