Is watery leucorrhea normal after abortion?

I believe everyone already knows that vaginal secretions are an indicator of women's health. We can judge whether the vaginal discharge is healthy by observing the amount, color, quality and taste of the vaginal discharge. Women who have had abortions usually know that sometimes, after the abortion, there will usually be an increase in vaginal discharge. So what is going on?

Regarding the increase in vaginal secretions after abortion, Chinese medicine believes that women with spleen yang deficiency may have clear and long or difficult urination, clear and thin leucorrhea, in addition to loss of appetite, abdominal distension, fear of cold and preference for warmth, cold limbs, etc. These are caused by eating disorders, overeating of raw and cold food, excessive fatigue or worry that damages the spleen. Coupled with the physical and physiological trauma caused by abortion, it is easy to induce spleen deficiency and cause gynecological diseases.

If the amount of vaginal discharge increases for no apparent reason after an abortion, or is accompanied by changes in color, texture, or odor, you should be alert. The common causes of increased vaginal discharge are as follows:

In cases of candidal vaginitis, the leucorrhea is yellow or white, and most of the time it is thick, but sometimes it can be thin. The typical leucorrhea is like tofu dregs or curds. The leucorrhea of ​​trichomoniasis is pus-like, yellow, and foamy, or like rice water, grayish white, and smelly. In cases of cervical erosion, the leucorrhea is generally yellow, sticky like pus, and mostly odorless. The leucorrhea of ​​gonorrhea is yellow pus-like. In cases of pelvic inflammatory diseases such as endometritis, the leucorrhea will increase, be yellow, and be thin, and often accompanied by abdominal pain. In cases of fallopian tube cancer, watery leucorrhea will appear continuously due to the tumor stimulating the fallopian tube epithelium to exude and the necrosis of the diseased tissue.

Therefore, it is particularly important to take precautions after an abortion. Keep the vulva clean and hygienic, wash it 1 to 2 times a day with warm water, and change sanitary napkins frequently. You need to rest for 2 weeks after painless abortion and read less newspapers and watch less TV. Eat more nutritious food to restore your body to normal as soon as possible. Generally speaking, cold drinks should be avoided for 7-10 days after surgery, and spicy food should be avoided within one month. Do not take a sitz bath within 2 weeks or until vaginal bleeding has stopped. Within 2 weeks after the operation, you should rest in bed and avoid heavy physical labor.

Although abortion is no longer considered a major surgery, and some painless abortions are even advertised as being harmless to the human body, this is actually misleading. All abortions will cause more or less harm to the human body and may even cause serious gynecological diseases. Therefore, we must be cautious when performing abortion surgery.