Episiotomy wound inflammation one year later

Episiotomy wounds are something that many mothers who choose natural birth for their first child have experienced. The main purpose of choosing episiotomy during normal delivery is to ensure the healthy birth of the fetus and to reduce damage to the perineum during childbirth. However, many new mothers often encounter wound infection after episiotomy. What should I do if the episiotomy wound becomes infected during normal delivery? What should I do if the episiotomy wound becomes inflamed after one year?

First of all, for general minor infections, when only general minor swelling occurs, we can immediately use iodine tincture disinfectant to disinfect the wound site, and we can also do acupuncture treatment after clearing the infection, or use 75% ethanol for external application to make the edema better absorbed.

What about episiotomy wounds with severe inflammation? This is when you need to pay attention. If the affected area has wound symptoms such as swelling, heat and pain, and exudes fluid, then you need to use saline to carefully clean the wound and apply iodine disinfectant to carefully disinfect it. At the same time, you need to follow the doctor's instructions for antibiotics and other medications.

Finally, if the episiotomy wound of a pregnant woman develops symptoms such as suppuration and ulceration, and does not heal for a long time, then the most important thing to do at this moment is to go to the hospital to clean the wound immediately to prevent the wound from becoming inflamed and malignant. At the same time, in order to speed up the healing of the wound, it is necessary to use drugs that promote wound repair under the guidance of a specialist and treat carefully. Of course, since there is inflammation, antibiotics are also necessary, and these need to be used under the advice of a doctor.

Warm reminder: How can expectant mothers usually judge whether the episiotomy wound is infected? In fact, under normal circumstances, the wound will heal in 4-5 days after a normal delivery, the pain will be relieved in about a week, and the wound will be relatively stable in about two weeks. If swelling, pain, etc. occur at the episiotomy wound, it is very likely to be infected. At this time, you must go to the hospital and follow the doctor's instructions for treatment.