Are there any symptoms of adhesions after cesarean section?

Female delivery is an important sign of the birth of a newborn, and the ways of delivering a newborn are divided into natural delivery and caesarean section. Among them, more and more people choose caesarean section as a safe way to give birth, which improves the safety index of female delivery. However, some women experience residual side effects from C-sections, for example, are there any symptoms for adhesions after a C-section? What expressions are used?

There are more and more patients with intestinal adhesions after cesarean section. Many mothers develop symptoms of postpartum intestinal adhesions shortly after being discharged from the hospital. Cesarean section is the largest obstetric surgery. There may be many complications and sequelae after cesarean section, and postpartum intestinal adhesions is one of them. Mild intestinal adhesions may be without any symptoms, or may occasionally cause mild abdominal distension after eating; severe cases may often be accompanied by abdominal distension, difficulty in passing gas, belching, hiccups, dry stools, etc. Normal intestinal peristalsis can expel food residue and feces from the body. However, in patients with intestinal adhesions, the intestinal tract becomes narrower due to adhesions, and the passage of intestinal contents is blocked. The gas and feces in the intestine cannot be discharged smoothly. As they accumulate more and more, the pressure in the intestinal cavity becomes greater and greater. Patients feel increased abdominal distension and difficulty in defecation.

1. Abdominal discomfort and dull pain

Within 1 to 2 weeks after abdominal surgery, patients may feel intermittent dull pain or discomfort in the abdomen.

2. Recurrent vomiting

Its characteristic is that vomiting can be induced by eating or drinking, and the vomitus can be intestinal contents or stomach contents.

3. Prolonged defecation and gas discharge time

Generally speaking, 2 to 4 days after abdominal surgery, as intestinal motility returns to normal, bowel movements and flatulence can also be restored. However, if intestinal adhesion occurs after the operation, there will still be no bowel movement or flatulence after 2 to 4 days.

4. Persistent abdominal bloating

Persistent abdominal distension after surgery may be a reaction to intestinal adhesion. If it is intestinal adhesion, it may also be accompanied by signs such as local bulge in the abdomen during intestinal peristalsis, active and hyperactive bowel sounds.

5. Trunk hyperextension positive

Hyperextension of the patient's trunk or downward traction of the surgical scar may cause pain in the surgical area or other parts of the body.