What causes caesarean section incision itching?

After the operation, the wound needs to recover slowly. During the recovery process, you need to recuperate quietly, which is very beneficial to your health. Cesarean section will cause pain in the wound. After a period of time, the wound will slowly recover and will definitely be very itchy. In this case, analyze the cause and reduce the degree of itching.

New blood vessels and nerves need to grow connective tissue. These new blood vessels and nerves are particularly dense and crowded together. The new nerves are easily stimulated, and because the nerves are very sensitive, they will produce an itchy feeling. Since nerve tissue has poor regeneration ability, generally speaking, when the nerves are about to heal, the wound is also about to heal.

As for the itching of cesarean section incision caused by this reason, as long as you can still bear it, generally no special treatment is needed. In particular, you should pay attention to avoid scratching the wound and avoid washing with hot water. This will only aggravate local irritation and cause inflammatory reaction of connective tissue, which will aggravate the itching and even cause infection. If the itching is unbearable, you can gently massage the wound and use some anti-itching drugs at the same time.

Itching is an inevitable process of wound healing. It is normal to feel itchy because skin cells are repairing the wound, so mothers do not need to worry too much. If the incision continues to itch after a cesarean section and the wound cannot heal for a long time, you can use Yu’s Wound Healing Recipe and other anti-inflammatory, swelling-reducing, and tissue-regenerating drugs for treatment. In addition, you should lead a regular life, go to bed early, be in a good mood, and exercise moderately. The focus of your diet should be on eating more fresh vegetables, fruits, and mushrooms. You cannot eat meat or spicy soup for the time being. Don't eat spicy and irritating foods to avoid stimulating scar tissue and causing hyperplasia. As long as you do this well, your condition will improve significantly. There will be itching when the wound heals, but it varies from person to person, some are more obvious, while others are not. If it hurts, could there be an infection? Especially in the hot summer, the wound becomes itchy and unbearable due to the stimulation of sweat. Many new mothers, due to lack of understanding of this, scratch their wounds, causing them to become inflamed. In severe cases, this may even lead to suppuration of the wound and long-term non-healing of the wound. Since you can't scratch.

The incision itches because the nerve endings around the incision are growing. As for your incision pain, it may be because the cesarean section was not long ago and the incision has not healed yet. As long as it is not inflamed, it is fine.

The above are the reasons for itching on the cesarean section incision. Itching is bound to occur, but the degree of itching is different, and the degree of recovery for each person is also different. In such an environment, you should pay more attention to your body and find some ways and methods to reduce the degree of itching. This will be conducive to the recovery of the wound. Pay more attention to your own health. Your own recovery is the most important.