What is threatened abortion?

When it comes to miscarriage, everyone may feel depressed or heavy when hearing the word, so I hope every pregnant woman can protect herself. Of course, everyone should protect the pregnant women around us and keep accidents away from expectant mothers. The term "threatened miscarriage" is quite unfamiliar to us. However, there are many cases of threatened miscarriage and the reasons are varied. So what is threatened miscarriage?

1. What is threatened abortion?

Threatened abortion refers to a small amount of vaginal bleeding before 28 weeks of pregnancy, followed by paroxysmal lower abdominal pain or back pain. Pelvic examination shows that the cervix is ​​not dilated, the fetal membranes are intact, there is no pregnancy discharge, and the size of the uterus is consistent with the gestational age. If symptoms worsen, miscarriage may become inevitable.

The main symptom of threatened abortion is a small amount of vaginal bleeding after pregnancy. Depending on the amount of bleeding and the time it accumulates in the vagina, the color may be bright red, pink or dark brown. Sometimes it is accompanied by mild lower abdominal pain, a feeling of falling during fetal movement, and lower back pain and abdominal distension. According to traditional folk sayings, the main evidence of threatened abortion is spotting. If you experience symptoms of threatened miscarriage, you must go to the hospital for examination in time. Especially if vaginal bleeding occurs in the first three months of pregnancy, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible and do not try to take care of the pregnancy at home on your own. ...

2. What not to eat during threatened abortion

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that threatened abortion is related to kidney deficiency and inability to hold the fetus, weak Qi and blood and unable to carry and nourish the fetus; blood heat damaging the fetal Qi; falls that hurt the fetus, damage to the Chong and Ren meridians, disharmony of Qi and blood, and injury to the fetus. Therefore, abortion can be divided into four types: kidney deficiency, weak Qi and blood, blood heat, and falls that hurt the fetus.

3. What foods should not be eaten during threatened miscarriage?

First of all, you need to understand what type of threatened miscarriage you have. If threatened abortion is caused by kidney deficiency, it is important to understand whether it is kidney yang deficiency or kidney yin deficiency. Generally, patients with kidney yang deficiency cannot eat yin-nourishing and cold foods, such as hoof, astragalus, scutellaria, soybeans, mung beans, winter melon, milk, honey, eggs, soft-shelled turtle, turtle, sea cucumber, white fungus, fish, shrimp, red dates, kiwi, grapes, etc. People with kidney yin deficiency generally cannot take warm and dry foods, such as mutton, leeks, peppers, sunflower seeds, aquatic products, sea cucumbers, abalone, mussels, loaches, etc.

If the fetus is damaged by blood heat, people with blood heat should avoid spicy, greasy, and damp foods, such as peppers, mutton, dog meat, pork head, ginger, onions, garlic, wine, etc.