How to take care of a woman after hysterectomy
The daily skin care after hysterectomy is no different from the general women's care, a regular lifestyle, healthy eating habits, regular skin care, are all scientific daily care. 1. Eat less greasy, fried and smoked food. 2. Eat more vegetables and fruits, especially tomatoes. 3. If there is anemia, eat more food with high iron content, such as pig liver, black sesame, grapes, purple cabbage, wolfberry, shiitake mushrooms and so on. In addition, of course, you should also take exercise and keep a happy mood! If you are having a total hysterectomy, you should not have sex for 3 months and avoid heavy labor. 3 months later, you should return to your normal work and life. 1. Encourage you to turn over more often or do bedside activities, so as to promote the expulsion of gases from the body and prevent flatulence. 2. Keep the wound clean and dry. 2. Keep the wound clean and dry, and inform the nursing staff immediately to change the gauze if there is any oozing. 3. If you feel pain in the wound, inform the nursing staff to give painkillers according to the doctor's prescription. 4. After venting, you can take a light diet, such as: porridge, green vegetables, do not eat gas-producing food to prevent flatulence, such as: milk, beans. 5. The urinary catheter can be removed on the 2nd day after surgery and urination should be done within 5 hours. 6. Dietary advice after defecation can take high protein, high iron, high fiber foods, such as: cherries, grapes, fish soup, vegetables, etc., to prevent constipation and promote wound healing. 7. When you can get out of bed, you should avoid using abdominal pressure, such as bending, squatting, climbing stairs, riding a motorcycle, or riding a bicycle, which may cause pain in the wound. 8. After going to the toilet, you should wipe from front to back to avoid infection. Home care and precautions after surgery 1. Hysterectomized patients will not have menstruation again 2. 6-8 weeks after surgery, when the deep tissues in the pelvic cavity are recovered, you can have a normal sex life 3. 6-8 weeks after surgery, avoid lifting heavy objects more than 3 kilograms, bending over to pick up objects and climbing stairs, and you can appropriately use the girdle. 4. 4. Don't sit for a long time, travel long distance, avoid yoga and rhythmic dance and other sports that can easily increase abdominal pressure, so as to avoid bleeding in the pelvic cavity 5. After using the toilet, wipe from the front to the back in order to avoid infection 6. Observe the wound every day to see if there is any redness, swelling, warmth, pain, or abnormal secretion, and return to the clinic as soon as possible if there are any of the above symptoms 7. Eat more fruits and vegetables and high-fiber foods, and take 2000-3000cc of water every day. Prevent constipation 8. If you have bilateral oophorectomy, you are prone to osteoporosis, you should increase the intake of calcium and hormones, such as: animal bones, small dried fish, soy foods and appropriate exercise to avoid falls and fractures 9. Do not take vaginal douching and pelvic baths within 6 weeks 10. Eat more protein, vitamins, and iron containing food, such as: fish soup, grapes, cherries, vegetables. 11. There are no special dietary contraindications, but stimulating and gas-producing foods should be eaten as little as possible. The wound (including vaginal wound) will be completely healed in 6 weeks after the surgery. If there are any abnormalities, such as fever, severe abdominal pain, abnormal vaginal discharge, foul odor, abnormal bleeding, frequent urination, urinary retention, etc., you should return to the hospital immediately for examination.