Why is it easy to suffer from infertility after abortion?

Abortion is one of the methods to terminate pregnancy. Although artificial abortion has been relatively mature, there are still many safety risks. In addition, repeated abortions in women are prone to gynecological diseases. So, why is it easy to suffer from infertility after abortion? Multiple abortions can easily lead to ectopic pregnancy, and in severe cases, it can cause female infertility.

Why is it very easy to get infertility after abortion?

In recent years, with the change of people's sexual consciousness and the widespread postponement of childbearing age, the number of women who become pregnant before marriage and undergo repeated abortions before giving birth has gradually increased, and the age of women has also tended to be younger. But perhaps many people don’t know that multiple abortions may cause infertility.

According to the chief physician of the Guangdong Family Planning Policy Specialty Clinic, many women who accidentally become pregnant have misconceptions and think that abortion is just a minimally invasive gynecological surgery, so it is okay to be pregnant and they can just go to the hospital for abortion. Some women even had 4 abortions in 2 years.

In medicine, abortion is actually the forced termination of pregnancy through surgery. It is a preventive measure to terminate pregnancy in the early stages of pregnancy after an accidental pregnancy. Although it is a minimally invasive gynecological surgery, if it is not handled properly, sequelae and safety hazards will inevitably follow, and infertility is one of them.

The main cause of infertility after abortion is abnormal patency of bilateral fallopian tubes, intrauterine adhesions, endometriosis, corpus luteum insufficiency and ovulation disorders. Finally, abnormal patency of bilateral fallopian tubes (obstruction or obstructed) and adhesions around bilateral fallopian tubes will occur, affecting sperm-egg fusion and causing infertility.

In addition, some women do not pay attention to rest before and after the abortion, which leads to physical fatigue and significantly reduced ability to resist diseases. Some people do not pay attention to vaginal hygiene after the operation, or start sexual life too early (within one month) after the operation. These factors can cause urinary tract inflammation, thereby affecting reproductive function.

What we want to remind everyone is that every woman needs contraceptive measures for more than 20 years. Abortion is only a necessary preventive measure after an unexpected pregnancy, and it must not be used as a basic way to terminate pregnancy. Once you need to have an abortion, you must not seek medical treatment randomly. You must go to a regular hospital for treatment. You must not go to a family doctor or a quack doctor to avoid harm.

The key to preventing "complications" of abortion is to prevent them. It is best for women to use safe and reasonable contraceptive methods to prevent the occurrence of infertility after abortion from the source. Before abortion, go to the hospital to check the vagina, cervix, and pelvis to see if there is any inflammation. If there is inflammation, treat it first and then have an abortion. After the operation, you should pay attention to rest and reproductive hygiene, especially not to have sex due to force, so as to reduce the occurrence of infertility after abortion. In case of "complications" of infertility, they should be treated immediately, such as clearing fallopian tube obstruction and uterine adhesions.

What are the infertility tests?

To check for infertility, it is recommended that prospective parents go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive checkup to determine which party has the problem and where the problem lies. Generally, women will undergo hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, bilateral fallopian tube patency test, etc., while men will undergo sperm testing.

Female infertility test

1. Hysteroscopy and laparoscopy: Hysteroscopy and laparoscopy can visually observe whether there are adhesions in the abdomen; the growth and development of the uterus, ovaries and bilateral fallopian tubes, whether there are uterine malformations, cysts, adhesions, etc. It can not only examine the uterus and abdomen under endoscopy, but also treat fallopian tube obstruction, pelvic adhesion, etc. The examination and treatment are done once and for all.

2. Bilateral fallopian tube patency test: Use hydrotubation or hysteroscopy to detect whether the bilateral fallopian tubes are blocked or unobstructed.

3. Endocrine and ovarian examination: Check various endocrine indexes to measure whether the endocrine system is normal and whether the various indexes are up to standard. At the same time, a diagnostic examination of the ovaries is performed to determine the normality of the ovaries.

4. Gynecological and systemic diseases: Full physical examination: Check and understand various gynecological factors, systemic diseases, physical fitness and medical history. Such as examinations of inflammation, gynecological tumors, secondary sexual characteristics, and detailed medical history.

Male infertility test

There are many reasons for male infertility. Men should abstain from sex for about a week and then go to the hospital for examination.

1. Physical examination: mainly to check the man’s health condition and whether he has other diseases.

2. Investigation of medication history and family medical records: mainly to check whether the patient has ever suffered from urinary system diseases and hereditary diseases. Have you used any drugs that may affect fertility?

3. Sperm testing.

4. Scrotal ultrasound and, if necessary, transduodenal male prostate ultrasound.

5. Estrogen test.

6. Urine analysis of male ejaculation.

7. Testicular biopsy.

8. Sperm antibody test.

9. Ejaculatory ductography.

10. Unique test of male sperm function.