How to distinguish between menstruation and miscarriage

Many women find it difficult to distinguish between menstruation and miscarriage in their daily lives. Generally, the amount of blood in miscarriage is less than that in normal menstruation, while the amount of blood in menstruation is larger and the color is different from that of miscarriage. The body is also prone to some reactions during miscarriage, such as abdominal pain.

How to distinguish between menstruation and miscarriage?

1. Bleeding

Miscarriage: Natural miscarriage involves little blood loss and a sanitary pad is sufficient.

Menstruation: The amount of menstrual blood is heavy, so sanitary napkins are needed.

2. Time

Miscarriage: Spontaneous miscarriage bleeding is generally cyclical, that is, it occurs between two menstrual periods and is generally considered spontaneous miscarriage bleeding.

Menstruation: Menstrual blood has a regular time. Generally, menstruation is only delayed or advanced by 3 to 7 days. If it exceeds this time period, you should pay attention to whether it is a pathological phenomenon.

3. Color

Miscarriage: The color may be bright red, pink, or dark brown.

Menstruation: Menstruation is usually dark red blood, without nausea, vomiting and other reactions. Menstruation usually lasts for a few days and this time it should also be over in a few days.

4. Pain

Miscarriage: accompanied by mild lower abdominal pain, a feeling of falling when the fetus moves, lower back pain and abdominal distension.

Menstruation: Not accompanied by lower abdominal pain, etc.

5. Reaction

Miscarriage: There will be symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

Menstruation: Symptoms include bad temper, acne, cold hands and feet, etc.

6. hcg value

Miscarriage: If you have been pregnant recently, whether it is miscarriage or not, the hcg value will continue to be positive.

Menstruation: As long as there is no pregnancy in the recent period, the hcg value will be negative.

1. What is menstruation?

Menstruation is a normal cyclical physiological reaction of women, which mainly occurs in women of childbearing age. It is caused by vaginal bleeding due to the thickening and shedding of the endometrium.

2. What is abortion?

Termination of pregnancy before 28 weeks of pregnancy is called miscarriage, and miscarriage before 12 weeks of pregnancy is called early miscarriage. In gynecological clinical practice, miscarriage is divided into spontaneous abortion and induced abortion. The incidence of spontaneous abortion is higher, accounting for about 15%.