Use salt water to treat itching in the lower body after childbirth

For many pregnant mothers, they always feel itchy in their lower body after giving birth. When encountering this situation, many pregnant mothers know that they need to clean the perineum. But some mothers choose to use light salt water for cleaning. Is this method correct? Let’s learn about it today, and hope that mothers can relieve physical discomfort through the correct methods.

1. How to clean the perineum after childbirth

The delivery process causes great harm to the private parts of expectant mothers. During the confinement period, in order to avoid the growth of bacteria in the private parts during this period, expectant mothers need to learn the correct method of perineum scrubbing. The following will teach you the correct cleaning method.

1. Keep the perineum clean and provide special care;

1) Lochia can last for 6 to 8 weeks. In the first few days after delivery, there is more red lochia, and it often increases during breastfeeding and bowel movements. Within 10 days after delivery, the lochia decreases and changes color to light pink or rust. Over the next few weeks, the malignant tumor turns yellowish, white, or tan.

2) To relieve pain, speed up wound healing and prevent infection, special care can be given to the perineum;

●Change sanitary napkin every 4 to 6 hours to keep the perineum comfortable.

●After each urination or defecation, use a cleaning solution (preferably a disinfectant recommended by a doctor) to rinse the perineum from the perineum to the anus, keeping the perineum clean. Note that the cleaning or scrubbing direction is from front to back.

●Change perineal pads and underwear frequently. It is best to use loose and close-fitting cotton underwear. Wash the underwear you take off and soak it in disinfectant for 10 minutes.

2. Relieve perineal pain:

1) Apply cold compress. Apply ice packs to the perineum immediately after delivery to relieve pain and swelling, and then every few hours for the next 24 hours.

2. Precautions for postpartum perineal scrubbing

For some mothers who have just given birth, many mothers will clean their bodies after giving birth. However, because the body is relatively weak after childbirth and during delivery, the doctor will operate on the genitals to assist in delivery. Therefore, you must be very careful when cleaning your lower body after delivery. Below are some things you need to pay attention to when cleaning your lower body after childbirth. Let’s take a look.

During delivery, due to the pressure of the fetus on the perineum and the doctor's operations on the perineum during delivery, congestion and edema often occur in the perineum after delivery. Some women may also have perineal tears of varying degrees or episiotomy wounds. In addition, since lochia is continuously discharged from the vagina after delivery, if you do not pay attention to strengthening the cleaning and care of the perineum, it is easy to cause infection of the perineum and even the reproductive system.

1. New mothers have vaginal injuries after childbirth. During the first three days in the hospital, nurses will clean the vulva every day. If necessary, you can increase the frequency of cleaning by yourself. After returning home, you can clean the vulva 1-2 times a day by yourself. Use warm water. The cleaning order should be from front to back. Keeping the vulva clean can prevent puerperal infection.

2. New mothers should not use alkaline soap to wash their genitals after delivery. They should try to choose baby bath soap with less irritation. New mothers' immune balance is unstable, and alkaline substances can easily destroy the sterilization and "protection" effect of the weak acidic environment of the genitals.

3. Wash the perineum frequently with warm water every day, especially after each bowel movement, use Sanitary cotton to wipe and rinse the vulva. Do not wipe from back to front, but from front to back.

The above are the aspects that you should pay attention to when cleaning your lower body after childbirth. You can wash your lower body after giving birth, but you need to be careful about the method. Since the body is relatively weak after childbirth and some lower body parts may have some small cuts, it is necessary to strengthen the cleaning and care of the lower body. Be sure to use scientific and correct methods to clean your lower body and protect its health.

3. Can washing the vulva with light salt water reduce inflammation?

Does washing the vagina with salt water reduce inflammation?

Experts point out that although light salt water has a certain anti-inflammatory effect, it is not advisable to use it on patients with vaginitis, and the effect will be counterproductive. This is because the acid-base environment in the female vagina is in a balanced state, but once this balance is broken by light salt water, it will affect the pH value in the vagina and create an environment that may be more suitable for the gathering of pathogenic bacteria, thereby accelerating the reproduction rate of pathogens and causing the condition of patients with candidal vaginitis to continue to worsen.

The answer is that not only will it not have any anti-inflammatory effect for patients with vaginitis, but it may even cause irritation to the female vagina due to continuous use, causing discomfort and aggravating the inflammation. Therefore, experts recommend that patients with inflammation should use the disinfectant prescribed by the doctor when cleaning the vagina, and use cool boiled water to clean the genitals. This will not irritate the vagina and can effectively control the inflammation. At this time, if you actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, pay attention to personal hygiene and avoid sexual intercourse during the treatment, the inflammation will be cured more quickly and women will be able to recover their health.

It can be seen that it is very unscientific to wash the vulva with light salt water. I hope that women can use disinfectants when cleaning the vulva. These are sold in the market and are relatively safe for cleaning the vulva. In addition, women who already have gynecological inflammation should remember to go to the hospital as soon as possible to receive systematic treatment and try to control the disease in its infancy.