How long can you not touch cold water after abortion?

For women who have undergone abortion, doctors will basically advise them not to touch cold water after the operation. This is because touching cold water after an abortion can cause great harm, for example, it can cause women to develop diseases such as arthritis and can also lead to infection problems. So, how long after an abortion can you touch cold water? Below we will introduce the relevant knowledge in detail!

1. How long should you stay away from cold water after an abortion?

After an abortion, a woman's body is very weak and her resistance to external germs is poor, so she should pay attention to conditioning her body after an abortion. Do not rinse with cold water after an abortion. Even if you are in good physical condition, it is best to wait 30 days before touching cold water. It is also best not to drink cold water within 1 month after the operation. You need to rest for 2 weeks after an abortion, avoid heavy physical labor, and eat more nutritious food to restore your body to normal as soon as possible.

2. The harm of touching cold water after abortion

After an abortion, due to low immunity, you should avoid eating raw, cold, spicy and irritating foods to avoid suffering from "postpartum disease". At the same time, you should pay attention to post-abortion care to avoid affecting your body's recovery. What will happen if you touch cold water after an abortion?

1. Touching cold water after an abortion is likely to cause symptoms of arthritis or other sequelae. In the future, touching cold water will cause pain, joint pain will occur when the weather changes, etc. Therefore, you should pay attention to conditioning after abortion and try not to touch cold water within one month.

2. Being exposed to cold water after an abortion will have adverse effects on future events, such as migraines, and a series of sequelae. If you do not keep warm after an abortion, it will affect the recovery of uterine contraction.

3. It may increase the incidence of infection and affect future fertility. Abortion itself requires curettage, which will inevitably cause a certain inflammatory reaction. If you do not keep warm during this period, the inflammation will not subside easily and the absorption will not be so good.

3. Precautions after abortion

1. Take adequate rest: It is best not to participate in any physical labor or exercise within half a month;

2. Supplement nutrition appropriately: eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meat, fresh fish, eggs, milk or soy products, etc.;

3. Pay attention to personal hygiene to prevent infection after abortion: Pay attention to maintaining personal hygiene after abortion to avoid infection. And you need to avoid sexual intercourse within one month after the abortion; change sanitary pads frequently during the bleeding period; you cannot take a sitz bath within half a month, you can only take a shower;

4. Pay attention to bleeding: About a week after the abortion, red or light red secretions will appear in the vagina, the amount will decrease, and there will be no obvious odor. If the bleeding time exceeds 15 days, the amount of bleeding is greater than the menstrual volume, especially if the secretion has a foul odor and is accompanied by symptoms such as fever and abdominal pain, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately to prevent the condition from worsening.