What are the dangers of abortion?
It's not even about the psychological drama of a woman, her moral suffering and doubts. Although this is also an important aspect, sometimes leading to severe mental disorders. The fact that abortion can carry a real threat in itself not only for the health of women, but also for her life.
When it comes to abortion, the danger is not so much the operation itself, but the possible consequences of surgery, complications and developing diseases. How likely complications develop depends on a lot. This is the age of the woman, and the state of her health, and the state of her past pregnancies.
Never any even the most qualified specialist will be able to give a 100% guarantee that abortion will pass absolutely without consequences, and no complications to women are threatened. In fact, undesirable problems arise in 10-20% of women who decided on this difficult step and interrupted pregnancy.
Infections
The most common and most dangerous are infectious complications. During the operation, harmful microorganisms penetrate the body of the uterus, which inevitably causes severe inflammation. Sometimes a bacterial or septic shock develops, which directly threatens the life of a woman. More than half of deaths after abortion cause infectious complications after surgery, leading to the development of septic shock.
In bacterial infections, all organs and tissues are affected. This can interfere with the work of the brain, heart, kidneys and liver, and can even lead to death. Many women, for various reasons, still prefer to do abortions at home, but this option maximizes the likelihood of developing infectious complications and, in particular, bacterial. 80% of deaths among women occur after deciding to abort outside the hospital.
Sometimes, what leads to abortion, not immediately noticeable. In some cases, the infection may temporarily stop reminding oneself and being chronic. It seems to the woman that she is already healthy, but the body has hidden the virus. He literally waits for a more appropriate moment to activate and cause illness. This happens, as a rule, from the exhaustion of the body's immune forces, i.e. with colds or exacerbations of other chronic diseases.
Hormonal failure
Abortion is always a shock and an extreme stress for the whole body. And this is due not only to the psychological aspect, but also to acute hormonal disorders caused artificially. The body is already set up to bear a child, hormones are produced rapidly. And suddenly - pregnancy abruptly ends, there is a hormonal breakdown. Sometimes a woman can face such drastic changes in the balance of hormones that her further normal life becomes impossible. In addition, such interference from the outside does not differ in absolute sterility. Unfortunately, often doctors prescribe a course of antibiotics after the infectious complications began to develop. This is already ineffective.
Bleeding
Another serious complication after surgery is uterine bleeding. Seven out of ten dead women had exactly this cause of death. During pregnancy, the uterus grows, it becomes firm by increasing the muscles of its walls. The number and size of the vessels increases with the uterus. This is intended by nature so that the fetus grows normally and grows in it. Abortion is the mechanical removal of the fetus along with its membranes from the uterus with the help of special tools. At the same time on the walls of the uterus, there are scars and cuts, in which it is extremely difficult to stop bleeding. In fact, the abortion is performed "blindly", the doctor can not put seams inside the uterus and can not even see where the blood flows from.
Embolism
Another dangerous complication is embolism, that is, the ingress of air into the blood vessels. Especially often this happens with an abortion on later terms (after 12 weeks). Then, in addition to the fetus itself, it is also necessary to remove the amniotic fluid into which the air enters and immediately spreads through the vessels to each organ of the female body. This can lead to a mechanical blockage of the blood vessels of vital organs, which in a few minutes leads to death.
Infertility
The probability of complications leading to infertility is greatest if pregnancy is the first. This is always warned in the hospital, this must always be remembered. Sometimes a rash decision can cost the further possibility of motherhood. To think about it is worth every woman who is taking this step.
A little more about abortion
There are various ways to prevent and stop uterine bleeding during surgery. Sometimes it is enough to simply physically affect the uterus (placement of ice on the lower abdomen), but more often gynecologists resort to the use of drugs. All of them have narcotic substances that are addictive. They lead to a reduction in uterine bleeding, but with the withdrawal of symptoms can return. The woman is forced to take these drugs, and then finds out that without them it can no longer exist.
In the occurrence of hemorrhage, other factors that are reported by obstetricians before the operation play a role. The risk of this complication increases in women with impaired blood coagulability. Other predisposing factors are the presence of previous abortions, curettage of the uterus or diseases of the internal organs of a woman.
In practice, every gynecologist can give an example when a completely healthy woman after the artificial termination of pregnancy lost her only opportunity to become a mother.