What to do if bleeding lasts long after medical abortion

Is pregnancy a happy thing or a worrying thing? It depends on who you are. If it is for those who want a baby after marriage, it is a happy thing. If it is for some young unmarried women, it is a worrying thing. If you don’t want the baby in your belly, you have to choose abortion. What if you choose medical abortion and the bleeding time is long? Let’s find out below.

Vaginal bleeding after medical abortion is heavy and can generally last for about 10-20 days. Remember to drink plenty of water, take some motherwort and other medicines, avoid heavy physical labor within 1-2 weeks, and prohibit sexual intercourse within 1 month. If the bleeding time is too long or the amount of bleeding is heavy, you should seek prompt follow-up consultation to find out whether there is incomplete abortion or secondary infection. Because medical abortion causes prolonged bleeding, the cervix relaxes, providing an opportunity for bacterial growth and retrograde infection. Therefore, if vaginal bleeding lasts for more than 7 days, antibiotics should be taken routinely for 3 to 5 days to prevent infection. A small number of patients do not pay attention to hygiene after medical abortion, and swim or have sex when the amount of bleeding is small or the bleeding has temporarily stopped, resulting in uterine cavity infection and endometritis.

At this time, the patient's vaginal bleeding may not be heavy, but it may have a fishy smell, may be mixed with yellow secretions, or may be accompanied by dull pain in the lower abdomen. Treatment requires adequate antibiotics and the administration of motherwort paste or Shenghua Tang to promote the expulsion of unexpelled embryonic tissue as soon as possible. After the inflammation is controlled, if B-ultrasound examination confirms that there is still residual tissue in the uterine cavity, curettage can be performed and anti-inflammatory treatment can be continued after the operation.

Vaginal bleeding after medical abortion often occurs intermittently. Patients should not think that they can swim or have sexual intercourse just because there is no vaginal bleeding. This is wrong. Whether it is medical abortion or artificial abortion surgery, swimming and sexual intercourse should be performed after a menstrual period. Otherwise, it may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease.

Because medical abortion and painless abortion are relatively important methods to end pregnancy, they are regarded as a solution by most women. Some women choose medical abortion, but they don’t know what to do when they suffer from long bleeding time after medical abortion. The above introduces the solution to this situation.