The dangers of medical abortion

Compared with other artificial abortion methods, medical abortion can avoid the pain of surgical abortion, avoid complications such as uterine perforation and cervical injury, and can also achieve the effect of stopping pregnancy if there is pregnancy and inducing menstruation if there is no pregnancy. However, medical abortion also has certain hazards, mainly including the following aspects:

1. Incomplete abortion

The principle of medical abortion is to use drugs to prevent the fertilized egg from developing, and then necrotize and fall off, thereby achieving the purpose of terminating pregnancy. If the patient does not see the fetal sac expelled 8 days after medical abortion, and B-ultrasound examination confirms that there is still residual tissue in the uterus, then she needs to go to the hospital for curettage, which is equivalent to two abortions for women and is more harmful.

2. Excessive blood loss

After medical abortion, it usually takes about 2 weeks for the decidua in the uterus to be slowly discharged and vaginal bleeding to stop. If the patient's vaginal bleeding lasts too long and curettage is not performed in time, it may lead to heavy bleeding and endanger life. At the same time, women should also be careful not to take medicine to induce abortion on their own, otherwise heavy bleeding may also occur.

3. Disrupt endocrine system

Since the endocrine levels of various body systems in pregnant women are different from those of ordinary women, medical abortion can disrupt the levels of female endocrine hormones. The harm caused by hormonal changes to the human body is often difficult to detect.

4. Causes irregular menstruation

Abortion drugs can inhibit the function of the ovaries, affect the development of follicles and ovulation, so some women will experience irregular menstruation after medical abortion.