The difference between hidden abortion and menstruation

Menstruation is a cycle of the female physiological cycle and a physiological phenomenon that occurs in women of reproductive capacity. When menstruation comes, women will experience abdominal pain and other discomfort symptoms. Generally, women pay close attention to their living habits during menstruation. But sometimes, vaginal bleeding caused by invisible miscarriage can make many women mistakenly think that menstruation has arrived. So, how to distinguish hidden miscarriage from menstruation?

Menstruation refers to the regular monthly vaginal bleeding of women. When women enter puberty, their ovaries begin to mature and start to secrete female hormones, and the endometrium changes accordingly, resulting in menstruation. The normal menstrual cycle of women should be 28 days. The menstrual period usually lasts 3-5 days, and the amount of menstrual blood is about 20-50 ml. Some women experience symptoms such as lower abdominal distension, back pain, breast development, emotional distress, and stomach pain before or during menstruation.

Miscarriage refers to the death of the fetus in the womb during a pregnancy of more than three months but before 24 weeks of pregnancy due to weak Qi and blood, kidney deficiency, etc. Signs of miscarriage are abdominal cramps, vaginal bleeding and red discharge. Studies have found that in the early stages of pregnancy, about 50% of fertilized embryos cannot develop successfully and will be excreted from the body with menstrual blood.

If it is a natural miscarriage, in addition to bleeding, there will be tissue discharge. The blood will be relatively bright in color, and there will be translucent substances as big as one or two pounds of meat. However, if menstruation comes, there will generally be no above symptoms.

Introduction to abortion types:

Incomplete miscarriage: It is an inevitable miscarriage in which the fetus has been delivered, but part or all of the placenta remains in the uterine cavity. The difference between threatened abortion and menstruation is that the uterus contracts, vaginal bleeding increases, and even heavy bleeding may cause shock.

Complete abortion: The fetus and placenta are completely expelled, the difference between threatened abortion and menstruation, bleeding stops, and abdominal pain disappears.

Threatened abortion: only a small amount of vaginal bleeding, accompanied by lower abdominal pain and lower back pain. Threatened abortion and menstruation can be distinguished by doing a vaginal examination.

Inevitable miscarriage: It is the further development of threatened miscarriage. Threatened miscarriage and vaginal miscarriage can be distinguished by the amount of vaginal bleeding. Inevitable miscarriage has vaginal bleeding that exceeds the amount of menstruation, and lower abdominal cramps are aggravated.

Hidden miscarriage (disappearance of the fetus) refers to miscarriage that occurs after a pregnancy is not recognized. Because of its highly concealed nature, many women are unaware even when it happens.