Patient's question:
Patient is female, 24 years old. One week ago, she had a medication-induced abortion at the hospital. Since the medication abortion, she has been bleeding for 8 days now.Currently, the bleeding is less, but she still has lower abdominal bloating and pain.
Doctor's answer:
The bleeding time during medication abortion is usually around 3 hours after taking misoprostol orally. After taking the medication, white, translucent, round objects are expelled, indicating that the gestational sac has been completely detached and expelled, which means the medication abortion is successful. If the gestational sac is completely detached, the uterus recovers well, and the amount of bleeding will be relatively less, with a faster body recovery. If the medication abortion is successful, the bleeding time after the gestational sac is expelled is generally around 7-10 days.