From here you can tell whether a woman has had an abortion

Everyone should be familiar with the term abortion. In daily life, there are always some people who get pregnant because they do not take proper contraceptive measures. After pregnancy, the only solution is abortion. We all know that abortion is very harmful to women, and if people have abortions frequently, they may become infertile.

Young people lack knowledge about contraception

Only 10% of young people (15-24 years old) have a good understanding of contraception. Young people make incorrect judgments about the ranking of the effectiveness of contraceptive methods and underestimate the effectiveness of short-acting oral contraceptives as a highly effective contraceptive method. 75% of young people have used less effective contraceptive methods in the past six months, such as the rhythm method, withdrawal/interrupted ejaculation or emergency contraceptive pills.

In the past six months, nearly 50% of young people have used three unreliable contraceptive methods: safe period, external contraceptive, and emergency contraceptive pills.

Young people have a weak sense of self-protection in terms of contraception

Nowadays, young people frequently fail to take protective actions.

74% of sexually experienced men have had unprotected sex; among sexually experienced young people aged 15-19, 71% have had unprotected sex. 69% of sexually experienced young people have had unprotected sex.

A considerable number of young people have unmet needs for contraception.

The main channels for young people to obtain information are the Internet, friends and physiological textbooks, and the channels they trust most are doctors, nurses and the family planning education system. The channels through which young people often obtain contraceptive information are not equal to the channels they trust most, and young people rarely obtain information from the channels they trust most.

There are 13 million induced abortions in my country every year, and there is a clear trend of younger women having abortions. Some of these women have repeated abortions, causing physical and mental harm to them. A few days ago,

The "Blooming from the Heart: China Women's Reproductive Health Promotion Project" was officially launched in Beijing. This is a women's health public welfare project jointly initiated by the China Women's Development Foundation, the National Population and Family Planning Commission's Institute of Science and Technology, and the Chinese Medical Association's Family Planning Branch, and supported by Bayer Health Care Co., Ltd. It aims to enhance the professional capabilities and quality service capabilities of family planning service providers, provide a series of family planning options education for people of childbearing age, enhance their right to know and ability to choose scientific contraceptive methods, reduce unintended pregnancy and abortion rates, and promote the improvement of the reproductive health level of Chinese women.

Up to 50% of women who have miscarriages each year have repeated abortions.

Due to the influence of our country's national conditions, women of childbearing age in our country, especially young people, are embarrassed to talk about the topic of contraception.

However, the complex and mixed information in society and on the Internet has resulted in a lack of knowledge about contraception and numerous misunderstandings.

According to health survey results, only 23% of women are aware of the risks of using emergency contraceptive pills and clearly know what the specific risks are.

"Scientific Contraception Guidance Toolkit" can protect personal privacy

The "Blooming from the Heart" project has established an expert committee with the National Population and Family Planning Commission's Institute of Science and Technology as its center to conduct a pilot project to build high-quality family planning services in pharmacies, including the formulation of standardized guidelines for pharmacy family planning services and related supporting implementation and training systems, and funding the establishment of family planning service counters. In pharmacies, which are the most extensive and important contact points with women of childbearing age, high-quality reproductive health consultation service demonstrations are carried out; at the same time, reproductive health knowledge promotion materials and various practical reproductive health tools are displayed to make it easy for people to learn reproductive health knowledge.

The project has developed a series of tools, represented by the "Science-Based Contraceptive Guidance Toolkit". Wu Shangchun, a researcher at the National Population and Family Planning Commission's Institute of Science and Technology, gave a demonstration at the meeting. She said: "The scientific contraception guidance toolkit includes contraceptive method self-tests, World Contraception Day contraception guidelines, World Contraception Day official website, and healthy contraception hotline numbers. It also uses new media tools that young people prefer, such as mobile APP, Weibo, and WeChat. At all stages of young people's lives, it solves various reproductive health problems they encounter in a professional, easy, accessible, and understandable way, while also protecting their privacy."

Repeated abortions are harmful

Artificial abortion may lead to complications such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, endocrine disorders, menstrual disorders, endometriosis, and cervical and intrauterine adhesions. The more abortions you have, the higher the probability of complications and sequelae.

Endometriosis: During artificial abortion, the narrow cervix prevents menstrual blood from flowing out, which may cause menstrual blood to accumulate in the uterine cavity and then flow back into the abdominal cavity, forming endometriosis and causing lower abdominal pain, leading to infertility in most patients.

Causes habitual abortion: Too many artificial abortions can easily lead to habitual abortion. Abortion is the body's protective response to an unsuitable pregnancy. Multiple induced abortions will tell the brain that pregnancy is not suitable, thus making it impossible to get pregnant again.

Uterine perforation: Multiple artificial abortions will make the uterine wall soft and thin. If you have undergone a caesarean section, myomectomy, etc., and there are scars on the uterus, the process of artificial abortion such as dilating the cervix, measuring the uterine cavity with a probe, suction, and scraping may cause uterine perforation and be dangerous.

Sequelae of artificial abortion: Although artificial abortion is a minor operation, traditional operations cannot be performed under direct vision, and some hospitals often cause complications due to careless operation. If the abortion is incomplete, a second curettage is required. If the patient's uterine blood flow is not smooth, it may lead to uterine blood accumulation, which manifests as unbearable pain. Some pregnant women may also suffer from induced abortion syndrome, with symptoms such as low blood pressure, slow heart rate, profuse sweating, etc. Traditional artificial abortion can also damage the basal layer of the uterus and cervical endometrium during curettage, causing adhesions of the cervix and uterine cavity, leading to menstrual blood flow disorders, or cause amenorrhea due to excessive curettage, which damages the basal layer of the endometrium.

Therefore, when an unexpected pregnancy is discovered, one should go to a regular, professional hospital for an abortion to avoid the above-mentioned hazards of abortion and cause lifelong regrets.