How to take care of yourself after hysterectomy

Everyone loves beauty. Once a woman becomes old, she will develop a certain inferiority complex. However, there are always some diseases in life that cause certain harm to women. For example, if the uterus is seriously ill, it needs to be completely removed. This will lead to early menopause, irritability, and easy aging. Therefore, after the uterus is completely removed, you must adjust your mentality and pay attention to maintaining your body. Let's learn about how to maintain your body after a total hysterectomy.

How to take care of yourself after hysterectomy?

The diet should be light, and avoid eating irritating foods such as mutton, shrimp, crab, eel, salted fish, and black fish.

Eat more foods containing protein, vitamins and iron, such as fish soup, grapes, cherries, vegetables, etc.

Eat more fruits and vegetables and high-fiber foods, and drink 2000-3000cc of water every day to prevent constipation.

Avoid spicy foods and drinks such as chili peppers, peppercorns, raw onions, raw garlic, and white wine.

Avoid eating foods that are hot, coagulant, or contain hormones, such as longan, red dates, donkey-hide gelatin, and royal jelly.

If bilateral oophorectomy is performed, osteoporosis may occur easily and calcium and hormone intake should be increased.

Do not use vaginal irrigation or tub baths within 6 weeks after hysterectomy.

Six weeks after total hysterectomy, the patient should go to the hospital for a follow-up examination to understand the wound healing situation. Sexual intercourse is generally prohibited for 3 months after surgery to facilitate wound recovery. You can resume your sex life afterwards.

In clinical practice, subtotal hysterectomy is often used for young women and those who have no lesions in cervical cancer prevention examinations. Since the cervix is ​​retained, the vagina still maintains its original depth, and the feeling during sexual intercourse is better than that of a total hysterectomy. However, regular cervical cancer prevention smear examinations should be performed to prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer and stump cancer.

Pay attention to enhancing nutrition, proper physical exercise, and doing couples' health exercises to increase the body's resistance, which is also beneficial to postoperative physical recovery and harmonious sexual life.

The above is an introduction to how to maintain yourself after a total hysterectomy. After understanding it, we know that girls will lose their menstruation and fertility after a hysterectomy, so we must pay special attention to getting more rest, maintain regular living habits every day, eat more soy products, and exercise more often. In addition, after a total hysterectomy, we must also use drugs to regulate the level of hormones in the body, but it must be taken under the guidance of a doctor.