What are the precautions after uterine fibroid surgery?

If patients with uterine fibroids want to speed up their recovery after surgical treatment, they must abide by various precautions and principles. First of all, they must pay special attention to local cleaning and care, and pay attention to balanced nutritional supplements, including more protein and vitamins.

1. Pay attention to cleaning

After discharge, the incision on the abdominal wall needs to be kept dry, and bathing is prohibited after one week (tub bathing is prohibited). Because the sutures have just been removed when discharged, the wound has not healed completely, and the scab on the incision has not fallen off, so bathing is not advisable. Of course, the skin all over the body still needs to be kept clean by taking a bath, and washing the perineum every night or after defecation.

2. Pay attention to the occurrence of abnormal symptoms

1. Vaginal bleeding: For those who undergo intramural myoma or submucosal myoma removal surgery, there will be wounds on the uterine wall, which will cause a small amount of vaginal bleeding after surgery. Generally, it will not exceed 10 days and is normal. If it exceeds half a month, you should go to the hospital for examination;

2. There is generally no bleeding after subtotal cervical resection, but if the cervical margin is high, there may be a little vaginal bleeding on the day of menstruation every month. The amount depends on the height of the cervical margin. If the margin is high and there is a lot of residual endometrium, there will be more vaginal bleeding. On the contrary, there will be less vaginal bleeding.

3. After total hysterectomy, there may be a small amount of yellow or bloody secretions in 10-15 days. You can observe it for a few days and it will disappear naturally. If purulent secretions occur, it may be an infection at the vaginal incision stump or vaginitis. You should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment, find out the cause, and deal with it in time. If a patient who has undergone a partial or total hysterectomy experiences heavy vaginal bleeding, it may be due to suture rupture, and the patient should go to the hospital for emergency examination immediately.

3. Pay attention to balanced nutrition

After uterine fibroid surgery, the recurrence of fibroids due to insufficient intake and utilization disorders of trace elements should be avoided. Avoid long-term and excessive stimulation of estrogen, use hormone drugs rationally, and eat less nutritional supplements. Eat more foods containing protein, vitamins and iron, such as fish soup, grapes, cherries, vegetables, etc.