Can I eat before having an abortion?

Abortion surgery is the same as other surgeries. Vital signs must be checked before the operation to ensure that the vital signs are stable to reduce the risks during the operation. Similarly, you cannot eat or drink water before the operation. During the operation, vomiting and nausea may occur. In order to reduce the possibility of unavoidable risks, the operation needs to be performed on an empty stomach. This article introduces the dangers of abortion surgery. Female friends, please take a look.

Can I eat before the abortion?

1. No. You must be on an empty stomach before undergoing an abortion and cannot eat or drink. The reason for doing this is to avoid risks during surgery, so female friends must not ignore the importance of pre-operative preparation.

2. This is because patients are prone to vomiting and regurgitation under anesthesia, which may cause food in the stomach to be sucked back up, leading to serious consequences and causing some complications, such as respiratory obstruction, bronchospasm and aspiration pneumonia. Therefore, to ensure the safety of the abortion operation, it is necessary to be in an empty stomach before the operation.

What are the dangers of human traffic?

1. During the painless abortion operation, the negative pressure in the uterine cavity may drop suddenly when the gestational sac is sucked out. Excessive pressure may cause endometriosis and cervical adhesion, leading to infertility. If anesthetic drugs are used during painless abortion surgery, although it relieves the patient's physical pain, it also brings many complications. Some patients will experience symptoms such as difficulty breathing and suffocation during anesthesia.

2. After the painless abortion surgery, anesthetic drugs may remain in the patient's body. The patient may experience symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue. Some may also have systemic symptoms such as abdominal pain. Some patients with allergic constitutions are more likely to have anesthetic reactions.

3. The harm of painless abortion is also reflected in the post-operative care of painless abortion. Patients often experience irregular menstruation or other uterine inflammation infections. They need a long period of recovery and treatment after surgery, which has a certain impact on the patient's work and life. Especially if an unexpected pregnancy occurs and the best treatment time for painless abortion is missed, it must be resolved through induced labor, which causes more serious harm to the female body. Moreover, too many painless abortions can lead to habitual miscarriage.

You should also pay attention to the doctor's arrangements before an abortion. Some examinations will be conducted before the abortion operation, so pregnant women cannot eat before the abortion. This will increase the uncertainty of the examination results and is quite harmful to pregnant women. If a patient has eaten before the abortion, the doctor has reason to refuse to perform the abortion.