Precautions after teratoma surgery: Diet and health care are very important

Teratoma is a common ovarian tumor, which can be benign or malignant. In the early stages, it will cause back pain and bowel dysfunction, requiring timely surgical treatment. Postoperative care is required, and sexual intercourse is prohibited within one month, and the diet should be more nutritious.

1. Precautions after teratoma surgery

Rest for two weeks after teratoma surgery and do not have sex within one month. You should eat more nutritious, high-protein, high-vitamin, low-fat and low-salt foods, and eat less or no spicy, greasy, barbecued, pickled and other foods. Eat at regular times and in regular amounts, follow the principle of proper nutrition, and eat more fruits and vegetables. In addition, pay attention to timely psychological adjustment and maintain an optimistic and open-minded attitude. Proper exercise is also important for recovery.

2. Symptoms and signs of teratoma

Such tumors usually have no specific clinical manifestations if they are small or nonfunctional. Early symptoms mainly include low back pain, abnormal motor sensation and reflexes in both lower limbs, impotence, and bladder and rectal sphincter dysfunction. Compared with other tumors in the spinal canal, patients with this type of tumor have the following characteristics in addition to a younger age of onset and a longer course of disease.

①Since cysts are mainly located in the lower part of the spinal cord, the cone and cauda equina are more common, so waist and leg pain is more common, often presenting as dull pain or severe radicular pain;

② There are many patients with rectal bladder dysfunction, about 80% of patients have urination and defecation dysfunction;

③ Damage to the motor system may be atypical. When the cyst is combined with lumbar spina bifida, the lower end of the spinal cord is often fixed at a lower position.

④ If combined with pilonidal sinus, it can often cause intracranial infection. In a few cases of pilonidal sinus, the irritation of the cyst contents may cause fever and other symptoms.