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Abortion At 9 Weeks, Headaches, Cough. Side-effects Of Abortion?
Hello. I had an abortion 10 days ago. I was 9 weeks pregnant at the time. I have had a little bit of bleeding since, nothing major so I am not concerned about that. They said that would be normal. What I have been having are headaches every day. My husband and 2 children all have colds at the moment and I am not sure if my headaches and cough are due to me catching what they have or side-effects of the abortion. I am traveling tomorrow for 4 weeks out of the country and want to ensure I am healthy.
Mon, 5 Nov 2012
Hello there.
Abortion does make you weak as you suffer from blood loss.
So weakness can be the cause of your headache. You need to ensure healthy diet with plenty of fluids.
Also the other possibility can be a viral infection which you have acquired from your family. It does present with cold, fever, headache, weakness, fatigue and lethargy.
You need not worry about these. You can definitely travel.
You can use any of the pain killers like paracetamol or ibuprofen which would relive your headache and improve the viral symptoms too.
If your hemoglobin was on the lower side that is below 10 g% prior or after abortion, you need to take iron rich diet. This is because anemia (low hemoglobin) can also present with chronic headache.
You can start an iron supplement for minimum one month to improve your hemoglobin levels.
Take care.
Abortion does make you weak as you suffer from blood loss.
So weakness can be the cause of your headache. You need to ensure healthy diet with plenty of fluids.
Also the other possibility can be a viral infection which you have acquired from your family. It does present with cold, fever, headache, weakness, fatigue and lethargy.
You need not worry about these. You can definitely travel.
You can use any of the pain killers like paracetamol or ibuprofen which would relive your headache and improve the viral symptoms too.
If your hemoglobin was on the lower side that is below 10 g% prior or after abortion, you need to take iron rich diet. This is because anemia (low hemoglobin) can also present with chronic headache.
You can start an iron supplement for minimum one month to improve your hemoglobin levels.
Take care.
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Hello,
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Headache & cold which you are having is due to other members of family. The infection is transmitted to you through inhalation. It is not a sideeffect of abortion. Take steam inhalation you will feel better. Because of abortion you might be under stress that can also give rise to headache. Dont worry & take care of yourself.
Wish you good health.
Thanks for writing to us.
Headache & cold which you are having is due to other members of family. The infection is transmitted to you through inhalation. It is not a sideeffect of abortion. Take steam inhalation you will feel better. Because of abortion you might be under stress that can also give rise to headache. Dont worry & take care of yourself.
Wish you good health.
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