Nursing care for hysterectomy

Some female friends may need to undergo a hysterectomy due to diseases such as uterine erosion or uterine fibroids. This can cause great harm to female friends, especially unmarried female friends. It can cause infertility and cause great harm to your body and mind. I hope you can face it correctly, maintain an optimistic attitude, and do a good job of post-operative care.

Six weeks after total hysterectomy, the patient should go to the hospital for a follow-up examination to understand the wound healing situation. Sexual intercourse is generally prohibited for 3 months after surgery to facilitate wound recovery. You can resume your sex life afterwards. The endocrine regulation of the uterus and ovaries forms a feedback system with the central nervous system. After the hysterectomy, this feedback link is destroyed. In particular, when the estrogen level drops, it will interfere with the normal secretion and metabolism of central neurotransmitters, which can cause varying degrees of anxiety and depression symptoms, such as low mood, anxiety, lack of interest, insomnia, memory loss, etc., thereby reducing women's quality of life.

In clinical practice, subtotal hysterectomy is often used for young women and those who have no lesions in cervical cancer prevention examinations. Since the cervix is ​​retained, the vagina still maintains its original depth, and the feeling during sexual intercourse is better than that of a total hysterectomy. However, regular cervical cancer prevention smear examinations should be performed to prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer and stump cancer.

Studies have shown that ovarian function will be affected to a certain extent 3 to 5 years after hysterectomy, and patients will experience some menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes, sweating, irritability, and vaginal dryness, which will affect sexual life. At this time, you should go to the hospital for examination. If necessary, use hormone replacement or apply medications such as cod liver oil ointment to promote a harmonious sexual life.

Pay attention to improving nutrition, doing proper physical exercise, and doing couples' health exercises to increase the body's resistance[2], which is also beneficial to postoperative physical recovery and harmonious sexual life. The female urinary system is homologous to the reproductive system and is both an estrogen-dependent organ. After hysterectomy, the estrogen level decreases, which can cause the elastic tissue around the urethra to thin, resulting in urinary incontinence, atrophy of the urethral mucosa, decreased resistance, and easy induction of urinary tract infection, and a series of urinary tract irritation symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating.

The above introduces in detail the care methods after hysterectomy. I hope you can make good use of it in your life. For female friends who have undergone total hysterectomy, you cannot have sexual intercourse for a few weeks after the operation, and you should pay attention to strengthening your nutrition and doing appropriate physical exercise.