The impact of sterilization on women's body

The harm caused by female sterilization to the body is very small. As long as women take good care of themselves after the operation, there will generally be no side effects. Female sterilization is a sterilization measure for women of childbearing age, which can prevent the combination of sperm and egg. This was the main practice of family planning in the country before. Women can learn about the possible effects of female sterilization and avoid bleeding after the operation.

The impact of sterilization on women

Although female sterilization is a minor operation, its impact on women cannot be ignored. The effects of sterilization on women include:

1. Some statistics indicate that the chance of needing a hysterectomy due to gynecological problems after a sterilization operation is higher than for the general population.

2. The ligation surgery causes damage to the bladder or intestines.

1. Bleeding. Bleeding is mostly caused by incomplete hemostasis during surgery, failure to detect it in time, or failure to detect abnormal coagulation function of the patient before surgery.

2. Infection. According to the location, it can be divided into two categories: abdominal wall incision infection and pelvic infection. In the early stages of abdominal wall incision infection, local redness, swelling, heat and pain appear, which may be accompanied by fever. There is purulent secretion from the wound, and a mass with unclear boundaries can be felt on the abdominal wall.

3. Menstrual changes. Menstrual changes may be related to the patient's preoperative physiological condition, such as postpartum, postabortion, older age (35-40 years old), surgical method, etc. It manifests as irregular menstruation or excessive menstruation, and symptomatic treatment can be given after the cause is identified.

4. Pelvic pain. Pelvic infection after surgery, incomplete treatment leading to chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, or pre-operative pelvic inflammatory disease.

5. Psychosomatic disease (neurosis). Patients who have great concerns about surgery before surgery, have fear or doubt, or have existing neurosis often experience abnormal physical and mental symptoms after surgery, but no organic lesions are found in the corresponding organs.

What are the dangers of female sterilization?

Vasectomy is a traditional method of sterilization, but many women suffer from postoperative complications and the quality of their married life is seriously affected. What are the dangers of female sterilization?

1. Incision infection: Incision infection in tubal ligation is not common. However, some women lack the concept of sterility, put their fingers into the dressing to scratch, have poor personal hygiene awareness, and accidentally contaminate the wound dressing with sweat, urine, milk stains, etc., which can easily lead to incision infection.

2. Adverse reactions during surgery: The most common adverse reactions during surgery include nausea, vomiting, pain, and low back pain and swelling. Due to insufficient analgesia and the patient's fear and tension, local pain is caused during the abdominal insertion; pain caused by manipulation or instrument reduction in the retroverted uterus; soreness and pain in the waist when lifting the fallopian tube with a hook or an oval clamp; nausea and vomiting caused by inadvertent stimulation of the ovaries; upper abdominal pain or nausea and vomiting caused by traction and stimulation of the greater omentum and mesentery; a small number of patients' non-cooperation or poor cooperation, or difficulty in finding and lifting the tube due to excessive obesity, resulting in repeated searches that increase the patient's psychological burden, causing or aggravating local pain and other discomfort.

3. Induration under the abdominal incision: The surgical operation was rough, the hemostasis was not thorough, and there was a lot of bleeding; too much abdominal wall tissue was sutured, especially the tendon sheath was overlapped or uneven. Thin individuals with less subcutaneous fat are more likely to have nodules exposed; the surgeon's technical level and experience; the assistant's cooperation and proficiency.

Can women still have children after having a vasectomy?

After tubal ligation, the fallopian tube lumen is blocked, so that the sperm and egg have no chance to meet and combine, thus achieving the purpose of sterilization. This is currently a relatively reliable method of female sterilization. So, why can some women still get pregnant after having a sterilization? This is because the severed fallopian tubes have been reconnected. How does it become unblocked? According to clinical observation, there are generally the following reasons.

1. It is related to the method of ligation. Simple ligation (roll ligation) may allow the lumen to be reopened, but the embedding ligation method is now more commonly used and has a lower chance of recanalization.

2. It is related to the ligature being too loose or too tight. Generally, tubal ligation is performed after childbirth or artificial abortion. At this time, the fallopian tubes are congested, edematous, and the tissues are fragile. If silk thread is used for ligation, the fallopian tubes will become thinner as the uterus recovers after childbirth, but the tightness of the ligation thread remains unchanged. Therefore, the ligation site may loosen naturally, allowing the lumen to reopen. If the ligation is too tight, the silk thread can cut the fallopian tube, forming a fallopian tube-abdominal leak. If the leak is in the fallopian tube segment close to the uterus, the egg can enter the fallopian tube cavity through the leak, so there is a chance for the sperm and egg to meet and conception can occur.

3. It is related to the location of fallopian tube ligation. If the ligation site is in the isthmus of the fallopian tube, and the local tissue is excessively contused, it may sometimes become necrotic and fall off. Later, the two remaining ends of the fallopian tube can connect on their own and become open again.

4. Incomplete tubal ligation. Part of the fallopian tube is tied, while the other part is not tied and remains connected.

5. Mistakenly ligating the round ligament. Although this is a rare situation, it should be noted.