Contents:
- Medical Video: Dilation and Curettage (D & C)
- Get to know the curette procedure
- Is it reasonable to experience post-curettage bleeding?
- What should be considered after the curette?
- Can be treated or go home immediately a few hours after the curette
- Stomach feels cramp like menstruation
- Mild cramps and bleeding
- When to go to the doctor?
Medical Video: Dilation and Curettage (D & C)
After curetting, many say you will experience bleeding. Is that true? Dangerous or not? Calm, curettage is a safe medical procedure. Kuret is usually done in a hospital by specialist doctors who are experts in their fields. Kuret is not dangerous and it is actually needed for certain conditions to prevent complications or conditions getting worse. Then, is it true that after the womb curette will cause bleeding? Is bleeding after curettage normal? See below.
Get to know the curette procedure
Curette is a small operation performed by a doctor to remove the contents in the abnormal uterus or the contents of the uterus which will be examined further. Kuret has a D & C (Dilatation & Curettage) medical name. The curette procedure is used to scrape and collect tissue from the inside of the uterus.
You may need to undergo this procedure for various reasons. Examples of elective abortion, detection of uterine cancer, to treat heavy menstrual bleeding, or to remove tissue left after a miscarriage.
After curettage, women usually experience normal bleeding. However, abnormal bleeding may also occur. If post curettage bleeding is abnormal, you may experience certain complications.
Is it reasonable to experience post-curettage bleeding?
Reporting from the Livestrong page, mild bleeding or the presence of blood spots is one of the normal signs after curettage. However, if the bleeding is very heavy (many in number), this can indicate something is wrong. Severe post-curettage in menopausal women also indicates a problem.
Women who after heavy curettage need to seek medical help.
This severe bleeding can occur due to a perforation (hole or wound) of the uterus when curetted. Uterine perforation is a complication that may occur postoperatively in the inside of the uterus. For example, a wound in a blood vessel in the uterus. Because the metal curette tool can pierce the uterus or other internal organs so that great bleeding can occur after the curette.
What should be considered after the curette?
Can be treated or go home immediately a few hours after the curette
Most women need to be treated in a hospital or clinic for several hours after the curette is done. However, there are also those who have to be hospitalized for observation. The important thing is to follow all the instructions of the doctor who handles you.
If you are asked to stay a few days, there may be other medical conditions that need to be monitored to be safe for you. At the hospital you will usually be given antibiotics to prevent infection and some painkillers to relieve stomach cramps.
Stomach feels cramp like menstruation
After curetting you may feel stomach cramps up to the next 24 hours. Some women only feel cramps for the next 1 hour, and it should be no more than 24 hours.
Mild cramps and bleeding
A few days after the curette for the next 2 weeks, blood may still emerge. However, not blood continues to come out in large quantities. Ibuprofen or naproxen is usually used to treat this condition.
When to go to the doctor?
Before and after doing a curette, the doctor will usually provide complete instructions to prevent complications. There are also a number of things that can be signs of dangerous complications:
- Dizzy to faint a few days after the curette
- Continuous bleeding for more than 2 weeks
- Continuous cramps for more than 2 weeks
- Bleeding that occurs is more intense than during menstruation, or if the amount of blood coming out can roughly meet one sanitary napkin every one hour
- Fever is more than 38 degrees Celsius
- Cold and shivering
- Smell stinks
