Questions about cesarean section incision

Many new mothers often experience itchy wounds during the healing process of their cesarean section wounds. Some new mothers are sensitive to itching and apply medications or scratch the wounds indiscriminately, causing inflammation of the wounds and affecting wound healing. So what causes the itch in the cesarean section wound? What should we do if the cesarean section wound is itchy? Let's take a look at it together!

1. Causes of itchy caesarean section wound

In fact, itching of cesarean section wound is a normal physiological phenomenon. The wound will itch as it heals. These discomforts occur because the surgery cuts off the cutaneous nerves at the incision site, and the growth and repair of sensory nerves takes a certain amount of time. The healing of deeper wounds is done by filling in new tissue called connective tissue. New blood vessels and nerves grow into the connective tissue. Itch is a feeling that occurs when the human body is slightly stimulated. Nerves are very flexible, especially newborn nerves, which will produce an itchy feeling if they are slightly stimulated.

2. What to do if the cesarean section wound is itchy

In fact, generally speaking, as long as the itching is tolerable, we generally do not recommend that patients do anything. Because it is a normal physiological phenomenon, the itching of cesarean section wound will disappear 1 to 2 years after the operation and will not have an adverse impact on work and life. If the patient is really itchy, do not scratch excessively with your hands, or rub with clothes, or wash 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. Patients are advised to apply some antibiotics with antipruritic effects at this time.

3. Notes

Of course, if new mothers want to avoid itching of cesarean section wound as much as possible, they should also pay attention to regulating their work and rest schedule, diet, and maintain a good and positive attitude, so as to avoid the symptoms of itching of cesarean section wound. A reminder to all new mothers: if the wound continues to itch and cannot heal for a long time, it may be caused by wound infection and needs to be treated with medicines such as Yu’s Wound Healing Formula. In short, the itching of cesarean section wound needs to be treated correctly and actively, don’t worry too much. May the new mother and baby be happy every day.

Applying medicine or scratching the wound randomly will cause inflammation and affect wound healing. This is not good, right? The itching feeling is very painful. Here I just introduce you to the problem of itchy cesarean section incision. I hope that if you have other problems, you will take the right medicine in time. May all mothers be healthy!