What symptoms require curettage?

Curettage is a method of abortion. It can be used to achieve the effect of abortion for unexpected pregnancy or when you don’t want to have a child in the future. In addition, curettage is more suitable for incomplete abortion. We know that medical abortion is also a common method of abortion. However, when using medical abortion, if lochia is not discharged and incomplete abortion occurs, curettage is often required for treatment again.

What symptoms require curettage?

1. If a woman does not want a child after becoming pregnant and wants to terminate the early pregnancy, she can use a curettage surgery to perform an abortion. As long as the pregnancy is no more than three months, suction curettage can be used. For women who are more than three months pregnant, forceps curettage can be used to clean out the residual tissue in the uterine cavity after the induced abortion surgery.

2. Curettage is also suitable for cases of incomplete medical abortion. If a woman has a missed abortion or retained placenta and needs to clean the uterus, a curettage operation can be performed.

3. If a woman suffers from acute genital tract and pelvic inflammation, curettage is not suitable. In addition, curettage cannot be used for patients with Trichomonas and candidal vaginitis. It should not be used if the patient cannot tolerate surgery or has a serious medical illness.

If you need to have a curettage, you should pay attention to the following points:

1. Proper rest: According to relevant national regulations, you can enjoy two weeks of vacation after an abortion. Avoid physical labor and physical exercise within half a month.

2. Proper nutrition supplement: Eat more foods rich in protein and vitamins, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meat, fresh fish, eggs, milk or soy products.

3. Pay attention to bleeding: About a week after the abortion, there will be red or light red secretions in the vagina, the amount will gradually decrease, and there will be no obvious odor. If the bleeding time exceeds 15 days, the amount of bleeding is greater than the menstrual volume, especially if the secretion has a foul odor and is accompanied by symptoms such as fever and abdominal pain, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid worsening of the condition.

4. Do a good job of contraception: Avoid sexual intercourse within one month after abortion.

5. Pay attention to personal hygiene: Pay attention to personal hygiene after abortion, otherwise it is easy to cause infection; change sanitary pads frequently during bleeding; you cannot take a sitz bath within half a month, you can only take a shower.