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The article is professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor II Huynh Thi Hien - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital.
Abortion is a method of ending a pregnancy with medication or a procedure to remove the gestational sac from a woman's uterus. There are many risks that affect the health and psychology of women during and after abortion, one of the dangerous complications is depression.
1. What is post-abortion depression?
Not only postpartum women have to face depression, women after abortion can also face this scary consequence. Post-abortion depression or post-abortion stress syndrome is when a pregnancy is suddenly terminated, hormones in a woman's body such as Oxytocin are suddenly disrupted accordingly. This phenomenon takes a long time to return a woman's body to its original state, thus causing depression due to abortion.2. Expression of depression after abortion
The signs of post-abortion depression often come on gradually and may not be noticeable to a woman. Therefore, it is necessary to observe and pay close attention, at the same time, not be subjective to recognize the symptoms of depression after abortion, including:After the abortion, pregnancy symptoms persist like the beginning of the pregnancy. Breasts still have discharge, bloating, and fatigue, so these women feel anxious and scared about the unsuccessful abortion. Some women even have symptoms of headaches after abortion, chest pain and digestive disorders that make the psychology more and more bewildered. A woman will have signs of post-abortion psychosis, specifically feelings of guilt, worthlessness, and unworthiness for having abandoned her child. This makes their psychological instability, leading to stress syndrome after abortion or miscarriage and depression. The obvious manifestations of this condition are crying easily, getting angry easily, crying a lot, anxiety, fear, and guilt. Manifestations such as boredom, decreased mood, decreased concentration, forgetfulness, body fatigue, and inactivity are also common in post-abortion depression women. Women who are depressed because of abortion will have insomnia or sleep too much, not eating well, so they will lose weight. More seriously, some women with post-abortion depression often think and act like they want to kill themselves.
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3. Prevention of post-abortion depression
To prevent depression because of abortion, it is necessary to have efforts from the woman and also support for emotional care from their loved ones, including:Relatives, especially husbands should be around. side, take time to encourage, share often as well as care, take special care and close concern to help women overcome the crisis period. On the woman's side, it is necessary to ensure adequate sleep by going to bed early and avoiding anxiety. Should confide, share with relatives and friends to think more optimistic and positive in life. Women should have healthy entertainment and relaxation to quickly integrate into life with the community.
4. Post-abortion depression treatment
When women have fallen into post-abortion depression, they need to see a doctor and psychologist for effective treatment with a combination of psychotherapy, antidepressants, and hormone therapy. First, the application of psychotherapy is still a top priority to avoid the use of drugs because it will have an impact on the health of the woman. Hormone therapy is a method of using estrogen replacement in the treatment of hormone disorders in women depressed due to abortion. This therapy can be combined with antidepressants to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.
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Post-abortion depression is a dangerous complication and seriously affects the spiritual life of women and their families. Therefore, women need to plan a specific pregnancy time and understand the knowledge about sex to prevent unwanted pregnancy and limit abortion.
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