Steps to take medicine for medical abortion

After an unexpected pregnancy, women who do not plan to have children usually terminate the pregnancy by abortion. There are many methods of abortion at present. Different methods are used in different stages of pregnancy. Medical abortion is a very common method of abortion. No matter which method is used, it is usually hoped to minimize the harm. What are the steps of taking medicine for medical abortion?

Steps to take medicine for medical abortion

1. Preliminary preparation

Strict screening is required before medication, including asking about medical history, conducting a full physical examination and gynecological examination, laboratory tests such as urine pregnancy test, vaginal cleanliness, Trichomonas and fungi, blood routine and blood type, and B-ultrasound examination when necessary. Vaginal irrigation with drugs is mainly used to kill some miscellaneous bacteria in the vagina.

2. Taking medicine

Learn in detail about the medication method, medication efficacy and possible side effects of medical abortion. Generally speaking, medical abortion takes 3-4 days. In the early stage, you need to master the medication method and take the medication at home. On the last day, you need to go to the hospital and take abortion drugs under the supervision of a doctor.

3. Miscarriage

After taking the medicine, take the small basin given by the doctor to the observation room to rest. After 20 minutes or when you feel abdominal pain, you need to walk back and forth and gently rub the lower abdomen to facilitate uterine contraction and the discharge of the gestational sac. During the observation period, in addition to paying attention to blood pressure, pulse, and drug side effects, the urine and feces discharged from gynecological medical abortion must be retained in a clean bedpan, and a dedicated person must check and record the presence of a gestational sac and its discharge time, the size of the gestational sac, and the amount of bleeding. If there is active bleeding before and after the expulsion of the gestational sac during gynecological medical abortion, uterotonics can be given or the uterus can be immediately curettaged to stop the bleeding.

4. Observation

If the fetal sac has not been expelled after 6 hours of observation and the bleeding is not too much, you can go home and follow up on the date prescribed by the doctor. If tissue is passed at home, it should be brought to the doctor for examination. About 80% of women expel the chorionic follicle within 6 hours after taking the medicine, and about 10% of women expel the products of pregnancy within a week of taking the medicine.

5. Review

You should go to the hospital for a follow-up examination 8-15 days after taking the medicine to determine whether the embryonic tissue has been completely discharged. If medical abortion fails, artificial abortion must be performed to terminate the pregnancy.

Does medication pain?

Medical abortion is slightly painful. The advantage of medical abortion is that it causes less trauma, while the disadvantage is that the embryo may easily remain and in severe cases, heavy bleeding may occur. Therefore, before having a medical abortion, you should go to the hospital to check your physical condition to see if you are suitable for it. If the medical abortion is not complete, you will have to go to the hospital for a uterine curettage, which will cause great harm to your body. If you have obvious symptoms after medical abortion, such as fever, abdominal pain, prolonged bleeding, vaginal discharge or foul-smelling blood, you should go to the hospital for appropriate diagnosis and treatment in time.

Abdominal pain is a common side effect of medical abortion in women. The following prescriptions can be used to treat it:

1. Brown sugar and motherwort soup: 60 grams of brown sugar, 30 grams of motherwort. Boil motherwort in water to extract juice, add brown sugar and take in two doses. Suitable for those with excessive bleeding due to blood stasis.

2. Yigong Drink: 15g each of Codonopsis pilosula, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Eclipta prostrata, Rubia cordifolia, Leonurus japonicus, 12g each of Atractylodes macrocephala and Pollen pollen charcoal, and 3g of Licorice root. Soak in cold water for 30 minutes, decoct and take 150-200 ml of juice, divided into two doses, 1 dose per day. Suitable for those who have persistent vaginal bleeding after miscarriage.

3. Ginseng and Astragalus paste: 60 grams of ginseng, 500 grams of roasted astragalus, and 500 grams of maltose. Decoction the first two ingredients repeatedly twice, filter out 200 ml of juice, add malt sugar, simmer and concentrate into a paste, store for later use. Take 20 grams three times a day, washed down with boiled water. Suitable for those with qi deficiency and thin, light, clear blood.