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Cesarean section wound recovery guide

Recovery after cesarean section is a process that requires careful care and reasonable diet adjustment. How can we recover more scientifically and effectively after cesarean section? Let's take a look!

Get out of bed and move around early after surgery :

Early activities: After 6 hours, raise the head of the bed by about 15 to 30 degrees, bend your legs, turn over left and right, alternately, turn over every 2 hours, and after 6 hours, you can try to get out of bed with the help of your family. When getting up, you should do it slowly, pay attention to whether your eyes are "black", sit by the bed first (do not sit for a long time), and then get out of bed. Getting out of bed early can also increase the function of restoring intestinal peristalsis, reduce the occurrence of intestinal adhesion, and facilitate the discharge of lochia and the healing of wounds.

Wound care:

During the recovery stage, you must insist on disinfecting the wound every day. Do not apply it back and forth, but apply it gently. There will be a nurse in the hospital to help you. After returning home, you can lie flat and have your family help you, which can effectively avoid pulling the wound.

How to care for wounds after surgery?

After disinfection, every day, change a clean hydrocolloid dressing and change it every 2 days to avoid inflammation. If you want to take a shower and are afraid of the wound coming into contact with water, apply a waterproof dressing. Try to use a sponge bath in the early stage of bathing, and you can take a shower after the healing period. After the incision has fallen off and the scab has formed, you can start using a silicone gel scar patch, which can not only reduce the scar but also inhibit the proliferation of the incision. It is very mild and can be used safely during breastfeeding. Before each application, you can clean the scar with salt water, or apply a hot towel, and then apply the scar patch.

What is Silicone Gel Scar Dressing?

The silicone component in silicone gel scar dressing can change the skin tissue structure of the scar area and effectively promote the healing of the keratin and damaged skin in the scar area. It effectively inhibits the proliferation of collagen fibers by releasing low-molecular silicone polymers, and at the same time helps to separate necrotic tissue, thereby achieving the effect of anti-fibroblast proliferation. Silicone gel scar dressing has a closed hydration effect, which can soften scars, accelerate the formation of epithelium, reduce the evaporation of water in the scar area, reduce the stimulation of keratinized cells, and reduce the thickness of the dermis and epidermis.

The above guidelines combine the concept of rapid recovery surgery, aiming to promote patient recovery and reduce surgical stress and complication rates. Mothers should adjust their recovery plans according to their personal circumstances and follow the guidance of doctors.

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Editor: kiki Jia