Brown discharge after induced labor

If a woman wants to terminate the pregnancy after three months of pregnancy, she needs an induced abortion rather than surgical abortion. Because the fetus is too large at this time, surgical abortion is not suitable. So is it normal to have brown discharge after induced abortion? It is normal for the patient to have dark brown secretions in the vagina within 10 days after the abortion. However, if there is dark brown secretions after 10 days, it is abnormal and the possibility of intrauterine residue, poor uterine repair, intrauterine infection or trophoblastic disease should be considered. After a woman's induced abortion, residual decidua and blood will be discharged from the uterine cavity, which takes about 7-10 days.

Generally, the amount of bleeding will be slightly more and red in the first 3-5 days after induced labor. After 3-5 days, the amount of vaginal bleeding will decrease, and the blood will remain in the uterine cavity or female vagina for a longer time, so the color of the blood will turn gray-black or dark brown. If the patient still has brown secretions for more than 10 days, gynecological color ultrasound and blood routine examinations must be performed, and blood hCG gonadotropin should be checked if necessary to identify the cause of bleeding and treat it with medication.

There is a small amount of blood and decidual tissue in the uterine cavity, which needs to be completely discharged through uterine contractions. You can take relevant medicines under the guidance of a doctor to achieve the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and promote discharge. In addition, go to the hospital for a gynecological ultrasound examination 15 days after induced abortion to see if the feces have been discharged completely.

What are the dangers of induced abortion?

1. Bleeding after induced abortion: Bleeding after induced abortion is the most common injury. When the bleeding after the baby is delivered reaches more than 400 ml, we generally call it mid-term labor bleeding. If a large amount of bleeding occurs in a short period of time, the patient will go into shock, which will seriously endanger personal safety.

2. Surgical infection: If the patient develops fever, with a body temperature of over 38°C, during the process of induced labor or within ten days after the operation, especially if the fever persists for more than a day after induced labor and is accompanied by chills, this is a high-complication infection defined in medicine.

3. Injury to the birth canal: During the process of induced labor, the uterine contractions are strong, resulting in a small cervical opening and poor elasticity. Therefore, it is very easy for the birth canal to be damaged, such as lacerations of the posterior vaginal fornix, cervical opening, and vaginal lacerations.

4. Uterine rupture: The cause of uterine rupture may be that the fetal position was not determined before the induced abortion or the fetus was deformed, such as hydrocephalus, conjoined twins, etc., which caused the fetus to be obstructed during delivery and could not be delivered from the vagina, thus leading to uterine rupture.

5. Amniotic fluid embolism: Perhaps the greatest harm of induced abortion to women is amniotic fluid embolism. When a patient suffers from amniotic fluid embolism, he or she may experience sweating, chills, vomiting, coughing, dark blue face, difficulty breathing, and even convulsions. If not treated promptly and comprehensively, the patient will suffer from vaginal bleeding, which will seriously endanger personal safety.