Prolonged abortion occurs when the embryo dies and is not expelled outside, and can remain in the uterus for weeks or even months. It usually occurs between the eighth and twelfth week of gestation, with bleeding and disappearance of symptoms associated with pregnancy.
In most cases, treatment involves emptying the uterine cavity and the woman should be followed by a psychologist.
- The most common signs and symptoms that can be caused by a failed abortion are bleeding and disappearance of pregnancy symptoms such as nausea.
- Vomiting.
- High urinary frequency.
- Breast congestion and lack of increased uterine volume.
- Find out what symptoms may occur during pregnancy.
The most common causes that can lead to a failed abortion are
As a general rule, women who suffer a failed abortion are usually not at risk of future pregnancies, unless one of the factors mentioned above occurs. Learn how to maintain a healthy pregnancy.
Treatment is performed after diagnosis by performing an ultrasound, in order to confirm the death of the fetus and usually consists of emptying the uterine cavity by uterine gradation or by manual intrauterine aspiration. Left untreated, the remains of the fetus can cause bleeding or even infection, which can lead to death.
Graduate is a procedure performed by the gynecologist, in which the uterus is cleaned by scraping the lining of the uterus and manual intrauterine aspiration consists of aspiration from inside the uterus with a kind of syringe, to remove the dead embryo and an incomplete abortion remains. Both techniques can also be used in the same procedure. See how this process is performed.
When gestational age is greater than 12 weeks, fetal ossification is already present and the cervix should mature with a medicine called misoprostol, wait for contractions, and clean the cavity after expelling the fetus.