Abdominal pain after medical abortion

Nowadays, the technology of artificial abortion is becoming more and more advanced, and if a woman chooses to terminate her pregnancy artificially, there are mainly two options, one is medical abortion and the other is surgical abortion. The reason why some people choose medical abortion is that compared with surgical abortion, medical abortion is less painful than surgical abortion, but it lasts very long. Some women who choose medical abortion experience lower abdominal distension and pain after the abortion. Is this normal?

After medical abortion, you will feel a bloated feeling in your lower abdomen, which will last for a while.

If you feel severe discomfort, it is recommended that you go to a gynecological hospital for a check-up to see whether the abortion is complete. If it is not thorough, a uterine curettage will be required.

Symptoms of clean abortion

Generally speaking, women will have decidual tissue excretion after medical abortion, which is less than the usual menstrual volume and is dark red. There will be irregular vaginal bleeding for about 15 days after medical abortion, and the specific bleeding time varies from person to person. The general symptoms of a clean medical abortion are: the amount of bleeding becomes less day by day; about 2 to 3 days after the medical abortion, the gestational sac in the uterus can be discharged, at this time the amount of vaginal bleeding is relatively large, and may be accompanied by dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, abdominal pain and other reactions; and the decidual tissue in the uterus often takes about 2 weeks to be completely discharged from the body. When the vaginal bleeding stops, it means that the medical abortion was successful.

It is worth noting that you should go to the hospital for a check-up 1 to 2 weeks after medical abortion to see how the blood stasis and uterine cavity residues are discharged. If vaginal bleeding lasts for more than 2 weeks, it may be caused by the incomplete discharge of the gestational sac and decidual tissue. At this time, you need to go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination. If it is confirmed that medical abortion is incomplete, you need to undergo a uterine curettage, otherwise it will be life-threatening.

Symptoms of unclean abortion

Medical abortion, also known as medical abortion, refers to the act of terminating early pregnancy by using mifepristone tablets combined with misoprostol. It has been widely used in clinical practice in recent years. However, the success rate of medical abortion is not high, and incomplete abortion may occur easily. Once this happens, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately, otherwise it may be life-threatening. So, what are the symptoms of unclean medical abortion? Let me introduce them to you below.

Generally speaking, an incomplete medical abortion will have the following symptoms: If the gestational sac is not expelled from the body after taking the medicine, and the B-ultrasound results show that there are residual gestational sacs left in the uterine cavity, it means that the medical abortion is incomplete. At this time, symptoms such as nausea, lower abdominal pain, and continuous vaginal bleeding may appear. Among them, persistent vaginal bleeding is a typical manifestation of incomplete medical abortion. You should go to the hospital for a uterine curettage in time, otherwise it may be life-threatening.

In addition, if vaginal bleeding lasts for more than 2 weeks after medical abortion, and ultrasound examination shows that there is no fetal sac remaining in the uterus, then it may be caused by uterine infection. Because blood is one of the best substances for cultivating bacteria, and there will be irregular vaginal bleeding for about 15 days after medical abortion. If not properly cared for, uterine infection will occur, causing prolonged bleeding.

What to do if the medication flow is not clean?

1. If vaginal bleeding continues after medical abortion and is accompanied by lower abdominal pain, this may be caused by incomplete expulsion of the fetal sac, resulting in unclean medical abortion. At this time, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible for a urine pregnancy test and B-ultrasound examination. If it is confirmed that the medical abortion is not clean, you should undergo a uterine curettage. Generally, vaginal bleeding will stop within 10 days after the operation.

2. Incomplete medical abortion may also be caused by incomplete decidual exfoliation. If the amount of vaginal bleeding is not much at this time, you can take some motherwort or Chinese medicine biochemical soup appropriately, or you can inject oxytocin to promote uterine contraction to expel the remaining decidual tissue. Of course, if the amount of bleeding is more than the usual menstrual volume, the patient should go to the hospital for examination to see if a uterine curettage is needed.

It is worth noting that after medical abortion, the amount of bleeding may suddenly increase significantly, even several times the normal menstrual amount, and may be accompanied by large blood clots. This is caused by the exfoliation of decidual tissue and poor discharge. At this time, you should go to the hospital immediately for a uterine curettage to stop the bleeding.