Does caesarean section have to be reexamined? 1. Generally speaking, the time of confinement is 42 days, which means that the uterus will return to a healthy state in about 42 days. At this time, you should go to the hospital for corresponding examination, mainly to understand the recovery of the uterus through B-ultrasound. Postoperative reexamination is very necessary. You can clearly understand the recovery of uterus and wound. If there is any abnormal situation, it can be found and handled in time, which can prevent the worse situation from happening. Therefore, postpartum review must be carried out regularly, and you should actively cooperate with the doctor to carry out corresponding examination items to review your body.
2. The most common item for re-examination after caesarean section is abdominal B-ultrasound, which needs to be used to check whether the uterus and accessories return to normal. In particular, it is necessary to observe the involution of postpartum uterus, whether there is pelvic effusion or intrauterine hematocele, and whether lochia is discharged. If there are these abnormal conditions, it is necessary to adjust or treat them.
3. There is an abdominal examination after caesarean section, and the organs in the abdominal cavity are also very important. Through this examination, we can clearly see the specific recovery of the uterus. For female friends who have caesarean section, this examination is more important.
4. Breast examination, some female friends have abnormal symptoms such as breast swelling and pain because of too much milk, and some also cause breast inflammation, which seriously affects breast health. If the milk accumulates for a long time, it will affect the baby. So breast examination is also necessary.
How to distinguish postpartum lochia from menstruation? After the delivery of the fetus, the vaginal secretion of the lying-in woman contains blood, necrotic decidual tissue and cervical mucus, which is called lochia. Normal lochia smells of blood, but it doesn't stink. Lochia can be divided into three types:
1, bloody lochia, normal lochia has a bloody smell, not smelly. This is the secretion discharged from postpartum 1~4 days, with large amount and bright red color, which contains blood, decidual tissue and mucus, similar to menstruation, or slightly more than menstrual flow, and sometimes blood clots.
2, serous lochia, discharged about 4 ~ 6 days after delivery, reddish in color, containing a small amount of blood, mucus and more vaginal secretions, with bacteria.
3, white lochia, this is a white or yellowish lochia discharged one week after delivery, containing a large number of white blood cells, decidual cells and bacteria, like leucorrhea, but more than usual leucorrhea.
Although every parturient has lochia, the amount discharged by each parturient is different, and the average total amount is about 500~ 1000 ml. The duration of lochia discharge varies from parturient to parturient, and normal parturient is clean for about 3 weeks.
The most obvious difference between lochia and menstruation is that lochia is continuous and menstruation is regular.