Can I eat before an abortion? No food allowed for 6 hours

Abortion is a compensatory measure currently taken by many women due to contraceptive failure. Everyone knows that necessary examinations and relevant preparations need to be done before the operation. What should be prepared before abortion is one of the issues that patients are more concerned about. Let us find out whether you can eat before abortion?

You are not allowed to eat before the abortion. You must not eat for 6 hours and not drink for 3 hours before the operation (that is, you must be on an empty stomach). A painless abortion can only be performed if the test results before the abortion are within the normal range and the patient is suitable for outpatient surgery.

The main reason why you cannot eat before an abortion is that the abortion patient may experience vomiting and regurgitation under the effect of anesthesia, which may lead to serious consequences. Aspiration of food in the stomach can cause other serious complications such as acute respiratory obstruction, bronchospasm, aspiration atelectasis and aspiration pneumonia, so the operation should be performed on an empty stomach. In addition, you should not eat too much for the first meal after an abortion, otherwise it will affect gastrointestinal function.

Regarding the question of whether you can eat before an abortion, I believe everyone is already very clear about it through the above introduction. Especially for painless abortion, which requires general anesthesia, the effective throat swallowing reflex will be inhibited. Eating is strictly prohibited before the operation to avoid medical risks.