If a woman does not want to conceive a baby but experiences an unexpected pregnancy, she needs to undergo necessary abortion to terminate the pregnancy. There are two types of induced abortion: medical abortion and surgical abortion, but most women prefer to use medical abortion because it is less painful and more convenient. So, is undergoing medical abortion harmful to the human body?
After an unexpected pregnancy, any abortion performed by a woman can cause certain damage to the endometrium, which can also cause some harm to the body, and medical abortion is no exception. The main method of medical abortion is through oral administration of drugs that kill embryos, which can achieve the purpose of terminating pregnancy, and then administering drugs to promote the expulsion of pregnancy tissue from the uterine cavity.
There are indications for medical abortion, so some women who undergo medical abortion may not be sensitive to the drugs used and may not be able to completely expel the embryo and other pregnancy tissues from the body, which poses a risk of incomplete abortion. The residual pregnancy material may further grow and develop, which can cause long-term vaginal bleeding in women after medical abortion and cause significant damage to the endometrium.
Moreover, prolonged post abortion bleeding and inability to quickly expel pregnancy can lead to intrauterine infections, resulting in complications such as endometritis, cervicitis, and cervical adhesions, which can cause greater damage to women's physical health. So women who need to undergo medical abortion must use medical abortion under the guidance of a doctor to avoid some risks as much as possible.
