Learn more about the key points of postoperative care for uterine fibroids

In order to make patients with uterine fibroids recover as soon as possible, surgery is one of the methods to treat uterine fibroids. If surgical treatment is chosen, postoperative care is also very important. So what should be paid attention to in postoperative care of uterine fibroids ?

1. Postoperative cleaning: After discharge, the incision on the abdominal wall should be kept dry. Bathing is prohibited after one week (bathtub bath is prohibited). Because the sutures have just been removed and the needle holes have not healed completely, and the scabs on the incision have not fallen off, bathing is not suitable. Of course, the skin on the whole body still needs to be kept clean, preferably with a sponge bath, and the perineum should be washed every night or after defecation. This should be noted in the postoperative care of uterine fibroids.

2. Postoperative care for uterine fibroids should pay attention to pain care: Generally, there may still be slight pain in the abdominal incision when discharged from the hospital. It is normal to have needle-like pain from time to time. If the pain of the incision is obvious, you need to check whether it is red and swollen, and rule out the possibility of infection. If there is pus squeezed out, you need to go to the hospital for dressing change; Waist pain: Mild pain will generally improve after resting for a few days. If the pain is obvious, you need to go to the hospital to consult a doctor to rule out the sequelae left after anesthesia, and use some drugs if necessary; Urinary pain: Most patients will not have this symptom, and a small number of patients may have radiating pain in the lower abdomen when urinating, which may be caused by surgery. Because the uterus is adjacent to the bladder, if there is adhesion in the pelvic cavity, the uterus is separated from the bladder when it is removed, and there may be slight abrasions. It will improve after a few days. Usually drink more boiled water, and urinate immediately when you feel the urge to urinate, and don't hold urine for too long. If there is pain in the urethra when urinating, it may be caused by urinary tract infection. Mild cases can be treated by drinking more boiled water every day, and severe cases need to go to the hospital for further examination and treatment.

3. Diet: After the operation of uterine fibroids, the patient should pay attention to eating a light, easy-to-digest high-protein, high-vitamin and high-mineral diet. Eat more fruits and vegetables to keep the bowels open, because constipation can easily cause the suture of the vaginal stump to become thinner, which may cause rupture and bleeding.

4. Sexual adaptation: Patients with uterine fibroids are prohibited from having sex for one month. Patients with subhysterectomy and total hysterectomy can resume sex after two months and three months of hospital reexamination. However, sexual problems of patients with gynecological tumors are not only affected by physiological and psychological factors, but also by the wrong ideas of patients and their sexual partners, which often make women worry that they are no longer women, that their husbands will no longer love them, and that they will no longer have sex. In fact, these worries are unnecessary. You can contact the nursing staff or doctors to find out the reasons, eliminate unnecessary concerns, and let their sex life go smoothly.

Through the above four aspects of the introduction to the common sense of postoperative care for uterine fibroids, I hope it will be helpful to everyone. In the postoperative care for uterine fibroids, diet is also very important. I hope that family members can reasonably match the diet according to the patient’s own situation so that the patient can recover health as soon as possible.