What are the postoperative care for uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroids are a relatively common gynecological disease. Once they develop seriously, they will cause women certain pain, irregular menstruation, and affect fertility. In serious cases, surgery is required for treatment. However, surgery is very harmful to the body. Special attention must be paid to recover health faster after surgery. Let's learn about the postoperative care for uterine fibroids.

What are the postoperative care for uterine fibroids?

How to maintain after uterine fibroid surgery? Many people know that most uterine fibroids do not require treatment. A small number of patients need corresponding treatment due to symptoms such as long-term excessive menstrual flow, pain and compression. The following experts will give you a detailed introduction on how patients with uterine fibroids should maintain themselves after surgery. Post-treatment care for uterine fibroids should pay attention to:

1. Regular follow-up: In order to closely observe the treatment effect, patients with uterine fibroids should go to the hospital for regular follow-up after surgery. The follow-up content includes: B-ultrasound, gynecological examination, mainly to check whether the uterine fibroids have recurred, the size of the uterus, whether the uterine wall wound has healed, and the condition of the adnex.

2. Diet adjustment: Diet adjustment can promote rapid recovery of the body. Patients should not eat too early after surgery. They should drink a small amount of water first. If there is no discomfort, they can start to eat liquid food (such as porridge) and resume normal diet the next day. Since wound healing requires protein, high-protein foods (such as fish, lean meat, eggs...) should be consumed to accelerate wound healing, and irritating foods should be avoided to avoid stimulating gastric acid secretion and causing gastrointestinal discomfort (such as peppers, cigarettes, oil, coffee).

3. Precautions for sexual life: Sexual life is strictly prohibited within the first month after the operation. For subhysterectomy and total hysterectomy, sexual life can be resumed after three months of follow-up examination in the hospital if the results are normal.

4. Pain care: After uterine fibroid surgery, there will be pain in the wound. Patients should handle it carefully. If the pain is obvious, check whether it is red or swollen to rule out the possibility of infection. If pus is squeezed out, go to the hospital to change the dressing. Mild pain will usually get better after a few days of rest. If the pain is obvious, you need to go to the hospital to rule out the sequelae of anesthesia and take some medicine if necessary.

The above is an introduction to the postoperative care for uterine fibroids. After understanding it, we know that we must pay attention to rest more and adjust our mentality after uterine fibroids surgery. It is best to have sex three months after surgery. In addition, we must not eat raw, cold, or irritating foods.