Patient's question:
After getting pregnant, if you don't want the child, is it better to have an abortion or a medication abortion? Are the side effects of medication abortion worse than those of an abortion? How much does it cost to have an abortion once?Doctor's answer:
After artificial abortion, you need to rest for 2 weeks, maintain cleanliness and hygiene of the external genitalia, eat less spicy and irritating foods, and consume more nutritious foods to help the body recover as soon as possible. Before menstruation returns after an abortion, sexual activity, sitz baths, vaginal irrigation, and medication should be avoided. This is because the cervix is relaxed, the endometrium is shedding, and the local defense ability is weakened, making it easy to cause retrograde infection, leading to pelvic inflammatory diseases such as endometritis and adnexitis. Severe cases may result in infertility. The bleeding after abortion should be less than the menstrual flow, the bleeding duration should be less than 2 weeks, and the abdominal pain should not exceed 3 days. If these standards are exceeded, it should be considered as intrauterine residue, incomplete uterine involution, or uterine cavity infection, and active medical examination should be conducted for diagnosis and symptomatic treatment.