Patient's question:
I am 40 days pregnant, why doesn't the hospital give me medication for medication abortion? Is medication abortion really dangerous?Is artificial abortion, as said, scraping the uterus harmful to the uterus? Thank you for your answer.
Doctor's answer:
It's essential to go to a formal hospital. Compared to surgical abortion, medication abortion is a simpler and less invasive method, but it's not suitable for everyone. Only pregnant women within 49 days of their last menstrual period, aged between 18 and 35, who do not have chronic diseases or a history of allergic asthma, are not pregnant with an IUD in place, have been confirmed as positive through both ultrasound and urine pregnancy tests, and have not received glucocorticoid treatment in the past three months, can undergo medication abortion.Within the appropriate timeframe, the effectiveness of medication abortion is inversely proportional to the duration of pregnancy. The longer the pregnancy, the poorer the abortion outcome; the shorter the duration, the better the results. Ultrasound can reveal the gestational sac to estimate the gestational age. If the average diameter of the gestational sac is less than 20 millimeters, it indicates the pregnancy has lasted less than 49 days, and medication abortion is more effective. However, if the gestational sac is too large, medication abortion is less effective and carries a higher risk.