Expert: Pat G - 8/24/2010

Question

About 1months ago I had an Abortion done...after abortion, I had an extremely heavy period for almost a week. About two weeks ago, I was supposed to start my period again but instead I began to have brownish discharge (sometimes dark, sometimes light in color). Last week I would pass dark red blood clots but then back to brown. Now I still have the brown spotting. I don’t have any pain. I consultant with doctor. She said might tissue will be their. Better we can take scan. I am getting worried.
Please help it will cause any infection…..


Answer
Hello, Radha,

You didn't say what kind of abortion you had. This is important. I will talk about both kinds of commonly done abortions.

Surgical abortion makes a woman particularly prone to infection, whether they get all the tissue or not. It also leaves the surface of the uterus raw, and any infection will have direct access to the bloodstream.

Pill abortions can cause infection if there is retained tissue. If there is retained tissue, they may want to do a surgical abortion, which can make you more at risk from infection. If you did have a pill abortion, however, prolonged heavy bleeding and brown spotting and clots are very common. Be vigilant because the prolonged bleeding can weaken you, harm your immune system, or kill you. Pill abortions stop the hormones that control a woman's bleeding. If you bleed excessively, one remedy that may help is cayenne. This can be taken as a supplement, or eaten in food. It is red hot peppers.

If you have had an internal exam or sex, this is also a possible source of infection. You should also be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Because abortionists often don't sterilize their instruments properly, they pass on infections from previous clients.

Do you have any fever?

The following natural remedies will help boost your immunity.

colloidal silver, or Nutrasilver (which can be purchased over the internet, but I don't know if you can get it delivered to Singapore)
grape seed or grape seed extract
garlic
Vitamin D3 (5000 to 50,000 IU a day for 10 days)
Bentonite (for viruses, usually only works at the onset, but may work later)

Nutrasilver is a very strong remedy, and will not allow the infectious organism to become immune. It works for bacteria and Morgellons, but may work for other things; read the web site. http://www.nutrasilver.com/

Some are good for bacteria, some for viruses, and some for fungus. If you can get a diagnosis of what infection you have, if you have one, this will help you know what to do. You can do research on each, over the internet.

I don't know if you have an infection or not, or will get one. You need to be examined and tested for that. If you had a surgical abortion, there is a possibility that you were injured more than most women, and infection could get into the abdominal cavity where your white blood cells cannot deal with it. So it is important to rule out possible perforation of the uterus. It is not common for a woman to bleed that much after a surgical abortion.

They may decide to give you an antibiotic. If they do, be sure and insist on being given a pro-biotic as well. Other sources of beneficial bacteria include very fresh yogurt with live cultures, and kombucha (fermented tea). Failure to preserve or restore beneficial bacteria can cause problems with the intestinal tract, and can be serious.

Regardless, you could get a silent infection that could harm your future fertility. These can cause things like pelvic inflammatory disease. And especially if this was your first pregnancy, you are at much greater risk of developing breast cancer while you are still young. This kills 1/4 of its victims. I recommend Vitamin D3 (5000IU a day, and you'll need to have your blood tested periodically to make sure you don't overdose) and Resveratrol. Also, get regular thermograms. Do not get a mammogram; it can spread the cancer.

Finally, if you had a surgical abortion, it is vital to tell your doctor in the future, if you are pregnant, so he can do treatments to help prevent very early birth, which causes some serious birth defects. You also will have to be especially vigilant about tubal pregnancy, miscarriage, and complications at birth.

I wish I could give you reassurance, but abortion is dangerous and ALWAYS injures a woman, without exception. Some women seem to get away with it for awhile, but it looks like you weren't one of them. I hope you will be all right. Please take care.