Abortion by medicine: Absolutely do not buy and use drugs on your own, you need to follow the following instructions

The article is professionally consulted by Dr., Doctor Ngo Thi Uyen - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital.

Among abortion methods, medical abortion is considered by many to be the most convenient and least expensive. In fact, doing this will expose your body to dangerous risks after abortion that you don't know.

Before conducting an abortion, pregnant women will be examined by a doctor, do blood tests, ultrasound to see how old the pregnancy is, where the fetus is located (inside or outside the uterus). without a doctor's prescription, if unfortunately the pregnant woman has an ectopic pregnancy, the pregnancy mass will burst, causing life-threatening intra-abdominal bleeding.
Usually abortion by medication is indicated when the pregnancy is less than 7 weeks amenorrhea ie less than 49 days. The ultrasound fetus must be in the womb and the mother must not have heart, lung, asthma, allergies or other blood diseases. Arbitrary abortion at home will not be able to determine if your actual status is being guaranteed safe or not.
Therefore, when deciding to terminate a pregnancy with drugs, it must be through the guidance and close monitoring of the obstetrician. Absolutely do not arbitrarily use drugs to avoid complications or negative consequences affecting health and fertility regrettably later.

The process of fully performing medical abortions at medical facilities is as follows:
After qualifying examination, the patient is assigned to have an abortion with the first pill at the medical center for monitoring and medication. will have the effect of stopping the growth of the fetus. The patient will see the phenomenon of bleeding from the vagina as entering the normal menstrual period. Within 4 hours, after the body receives the drug, the second type will cause more abdominal pain and blood clots. Note: if you have a lot of blood soaked in 2 tampons in just 1 hour, you need to notify your doctor for re-examination and monitoring After 48 hours after taking the first pill, you will be prescribed a break. pregnancy by taking the second pill to stimulate the uterus to contract to push the embryo out of the uterus. There will be unintended effects that most women experience when having an abortion with medication such as diarrhea, nausea... There is a feeling of headache, dizziness after the body absorbs the drug, should drink more water Filters, juices, do not drink stimulant drinks such as coffee, alcohol, only ask your doctor to take pain relievers when the pain is at its peak. Usually, after about 14 days after taking the abortion pill, you need to return to the medical facility for the doctor to check whether the drug abortion was successful or not. The process of the body receiving the drug will not be too long, however, the process of eliminating the fetus and recovering the body will take longer.

The entire procedure will not touch surgical cutlery, so it will not cause pain. However, in a few cases, according to each location, you will experience some unusual symptoms such as headache, abdominal pain as well as fatigue... that is your body's response when receiving the drug, you Don't worry too much about this.
All steps in the process must be done correctly and completely. Therefore, voluntary home abortion will not meet these important steps.

Medical abortion is a safe and successful method of termination of pregnancy up to 98%, but it does not mean that you can arbitrarily perform a medical abortion at home. There will be dangerous complications that occur for each different location that cannot be grasped.

Bleeding, blood loss, convulsions, prolonged high fever Abortion drugs have the effect of creating uterine contractions to push the pregnancy out. Therefore, the patient's lower abdomen often hurts and bleeds a lot, if the bleeding is not stopped and monitored in time, it will lead to hemorrhage.
Infection In case of body bleeding, long-term blood loss, high fever, there is a high possibility of uterine infection. If not detected and treated promptly, uterine infection can be life-threatening, even fatal. Some people even have to remove the uterus or affect the uterus, so they become infertile and stop menstruating.
Infertility Infertility is one of the manifestations of late complications after medical abortion. The repeated use of abortion pills not only erodes the uterus, causing infertility, but also increases the risk of breast cancer. Some people, after having a medical abortion, still have hives, itching or difficulty breathing, dizziness, and heavy bleeding in the next menstrual period. Some people have even had to live a vegetative life due to medical abortion without the supervision of a doctor.

If only because of fear, but do not pay attention to choosing a medical abortion site, but arbitrarily have an abortion at home or have an abortion in an "underground" clinic, the risk of encountering a risk will be very high.
Prestigious address and new appropriate examination technology to help determine the right health status as well as determine whether it is eligible to perform or not. If only a small, inaccurate examination is done, not only will the patient experience bad complications, even life-threatening.
In short, absolutely do not buy medicine and use it at home, when there is a need to visit medical facilities and follow the doctor's instructions to ensure your own safety.