Does abortion require general anesthesia?

I believe that many women have had the experience of abortion. There are many things to pay attention to when doing an abortion. First of all, you need to go to the hospital for a detailed examination to see if you meet the conditions for the operation. For example, people with certain gynecological inflammations cannot have surgery immediately. They need to treat the gynecological inflammation first before surgery. In addition, everyone must go to a regular hospital for surgery. It is best to choose a painless abortion. So, is general anesthesia required for an abortion?

Does abortion require general anesthesia?

Painless abortion is performed under general anesthesia, so women undergo the operation without any sensation. The entire operation takes only a few minutes, so the patient will not feel any pain during the operation. However, after the operation, the patient cannot eat cold food, let alone hot peppers and spicy food.

Painless abortion is a type of minimally invasive surgery. This type of surgery causes much less harm to the patient than traditional abortion surgery, so many women currently choose painless abortion. The difference between painless abortion and traditional abortion is that the patient will be injected with anesthetic during the operation. So is painless abortion general anesthesia? What should patients pay attention to after painless abortion?

Painless abortion is mainly achieved through local anesthesia. After the anesthetic enters the body, the patient will be in a sleeping state and will not have any perception during the operation. Before the operation, a special anesthesiologist will administer local anesthesia to the patient, and the patient will fall asleep in less than a minute after the intravenous injection. The normal operation only takes three to five minutes, so the patient will not feel anything during the entire operation, but the patient will feel slight pain after the operation, which is normal.

Because painless abortion must be performed under anesthesia, the patient cannot eat or drink water within six hours before the operation, otherwise it will affect the progress of the operation. If the patient drinks water or eats food before surgery, it is easy for food to flow back into the mouth during surgery, causing suffocation. So for safety reasons, patients cannot eat before surgery. If you have eaten before the operation, you can only have a routine abortion.

After undergoing a painless abortion, patients must take good care of themselves. They must not have sexual intercourse until one month later. During this period, they cannot drink alcohol, take a bath too early, or take a bath in a tub before their body has recovered, otherwise it is easy to bring sewage into the uterine cavity. Patients cannot become pregnant again within six months after undergoing a painless abortion, otherwise the chance of miscarriage is very high.

After reading the above introduction, you should have some understanding of whether painless abortion is done under general anesthesia. If a woman wants a painless abortion, she must learn more about the relevant knowledge before the abortion, and she must do a good job of care after the operation. Patients should not return to work too early during recovery, let alone engage in heavy physical work.