Which is more harmful, curettage or abortion?

Being a woman is not easy. In life, women must protect their physical health. If they accidentally become pregnant but are not ready for a baby, they generally do not want this sudden baby. Whether they take abortion or curettage to solve this problem, it will cause great harm to women's physical health.

Which is more harmful, abortion or curettage?

Medical abortion is suitable for the early stages of pregnancy (35 to 49 days from the first day of the last menstrual period).

Bleeding after medical abortion usually lasts longer and is prone to infection. Moreover, the possibility of incomplete abortion is higher. Bleeding after medical abortion can last for one to three weeks. If it is still not clean after one to three weeks, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a B-ultrasound examination to determine whether the abortion is incomplete. If the abortion is incomplete, uterine curettage should be performed.

The best time for abortion is 35-70 days of pregnancy, starting from the first day of the last menstrual period. If an abortion is done too early, because the embryo has just developed and is still very small, it is easy to have empty or missed aspiration, resulting in failure of the operation or incomplete abortion, and the result is that another uterine curettage will be required. If an abortion is done too late, because too many days have passed and the gestational sac is large, there will be relatively more bleeding and greater damage.

The difference between abortion and uterine surgery

Medical abortion means taking the medicine as instructed and expelling the gestational sac after taking the last pill. There will be bleeding and abdominal pain before and after the operation.

Advantages: It does not damage the uterine lining. This is the biggest advantage.

Disadvantages: Medical abortion has the risk of incomplete abortion, involvement of tissue or blood clots. The palace needs to be cleaned. It's like having another abortion.

Abortion is the forced termination of pregnancy through surgery. There will be bleeding and mild abdominal pain after the operation.

Advantages: If you choose a painless abortion, the operation will be performed under general anesthesia. You will not feel any pain. The anesthesia will last for a few minutes, and you will have no memory of the operation after waking up.

Disadvantages: Damage to the endometrium. If the uterine membrane becomes thinner and thinner, it will affect fertility. There is also the risk of incomplete abortion, requiring another uterine curettage.

The difference between ordinary abortion and painless abortion:

Ordinary abortion is performed with traditional curettage, which uses a curette to scrape the entire uterus. This method is relatively damaging and is prone to complications such as endometriosis, uterine perforation, intrauterine infection and infertility. This method is rarely used clinically.

Painless abortion refers to a surgical abortion that terminates a pregnancy within 10 weeks of gestation through artificial means and intravenous anesthesia. It is also a remedial measure for women after contraceptive failure. Painless abortion is the same as artificial abortion in indications and surgical methods, but a new type of safe and effective drug is added during the operation for intravenous injection. The patient can enter a sleep state in about 30 seconds. The doctor can complete the operation in about 3 minutes without the pregnant woman being aware of the situation.