What is the appropriate age for medical abortion?

Medical abortion is to terminate pregnancy by taking medicine, and it is suitable for women in the early stages of pregnancy. However, before having a medical abortion, everyone must first assess whether their body is suitable for medical abortion, because any abortion method will cause serious harm to women. What is the appropriate age for medical abortion?

1. What is the appropriate age for medical abortion?

Pregnant women must be over 18 years old and not older than 40 years old.

Taboos of medical abortion: Because there are many taboos of medical abortion, a comprehensive examination must be done before performing a medical abortion operation. Once the following conditions are found, medical abortion should be abandoned.

1. Mifei medicines should not be taken with: endocrine diseases, chronic diseases such as liver or kidney dysfunction, various good or blood diseases or thrombotic diseases, hypertension, etc.

2. Prostacyclin should not be taken by people with heart disease, glaucoma, asthma, gastrointestinal disorders and allergic constitutions.

3. Those who are pregnant while wearing an IUD.

4. Ectopic pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy) or suspected ectopic pregnancy.

5. Those who smoke >10 cigarettes per day or are alcoholics.

6. If you cannot go to the hospital immediately after taking the medicine, it is best not to use medical abortion to avoid delaying the treatment if you cannot go to the hospital immediately in an emergency.

7. Allergic constitution.

8. Anemia.

9. Long-term use of rifampicin, isoniazid, anti-epileptic drugs, antidepressants, simitaridine, aspirin, indomethacin, and barbiturates.

2. When is the best time for medical abortion?

Regarding the best time for medical abortion, the doctor said that the best time for medical abortion is to terminate the pregnancy within 49 days after an unexpected pregnancy. Of course, this is only a reference time for medical abortion. The actual time for medical abortion depends mainly on the results of B-ultrasound examination. It is appropriate to do medical abortion when the gestational sac reaches a certain size. It is not the general idea that the sooner the medical abortion is done, the better.

However, it is generally not considered to be used after 49 days. The time for medical abortion is calculated from the first day of the expected date of delivery. Medical abortion is only suitable for women who are pregnant (intrauterine pregnancy) within 49 days of amenorrhea (the effect is best within 45 days of pregnancy).