Why do I have pain on the left side of my lower abdomen after an abortion?

Many female friends, due to poor health, some troubles in life or other reasons, in the event of an unexpected pregnancy, will consider having an abortion to get the baby off. However, is abortion necessarily safe? Will abortion cause certain harm to your body? Below we have listed some possible reasons for lower abdominal pain after abortion.

Abdominal pain and a small amount of vaginal bleeding after an abortion, which last no more than a week, are basically normal. Under normal circumstances, active anti-inflammatory treatment should be taken after abortion, sexual intercourse should be prohibited within one month, and contact with cold water should be avoided. Fallopian tube obstruction is often caused by adhesion, congestion, edema of the fallopian tube wall due to artificial abortion, spontaneous abortion, medical abortion, induced labor, unclean sexual intercourse, pelvic infection, etc., which eventually leads to infertility.

1. Postoperative infection. Postoperative infection often occurs within two weeks after surgery. The cause may be directly caused by the surgical operation, or it may be caused by bacterial infection due to lack of attention to hygiene after the operation.

2. Intrauterine hemorrhage usually occurs within a few hours after surgery. The patient has unbearable abdominal pain, as if cut by a knife, and a small amount of blood and water flows out of the vagina. Upon examination, it is found that the uterus is significantly enlarged, soft, and tender. The number of people who develop intrauterine hematoma is also very small, but it is more likely to occur in women with an overly tilted uterus and a tight cervix.

3. Incomplete abortion refers to the failure to completely remove the villi and decidual tissue in the uterine cavity during surgery. After the operation, the uterus undergoes paroxysmal contractions in order to expel the remaining embryonic tissue from the uterus. At this time, the patient has paroxysmal attacks of abdominal pain, which are unbearable, and there is increased vaginal bleeding, which is bright red in color and contains large blood clots. The abdominal pain is relieved after the blood clots are discharged, and the attacks recur repeatedly.

The above answers are some of the reasons why women may experience lower abdominal pain after undergoing an abortion. Although abortion has helped some women solve some problems, for the sake of their future life, they must pay attention to protecting their bodies.