Postoperative care for uterine fibroids

When a disease occurs in the body, you must master the treatment method so that the body can recover faster. The general treatment method for uterine fibroids is surgery, but surgery is harmful to the body. If you do not pay attention to the maintenance of the body after surgery, it is more likely to have some sequelae. However, it is also necessary to master the methods and ways to maintain the body. Let's learn about the maintenance after uterine fibroid surgery.

Postoperative care for uterine fibroids

In principle, nutritional intake after surgery is the same. You should drink more water to replenish the loss of body fluids during surgery. Usually, patients can resume eating after waking up from laparoscopic surgery. At first, they can drink some warm water. If there is no discomfort, they can start eating liquid food (e.g. rice porridge). They can resume their normal diet the next day. Since protein is needed for wound healing, high-protein foods (e.g. fish, lean meat, eggs...) should be consumed to accelerate wound healing. Irritating foods should be avoided to prevent stimulating gastric acid secretion and causing gastrointestinal discomfort (e.g. chili peppers, cigarettes, oil, coffee).

The biggest difference between laparoscopic surgery and general open surgery is that carbon dioxide needs to be insufflated during the operation to create pneumoperitoneum for easy operation, so it is easy for residual carbon dioxide gas to remain in the abdomen after the operation. Therefore, it is advisable to increase the intake of vegetables and high-fiber fruits after the operation, and avoid eating gas-producing foods such as sweet potatoes, beans, onions, etc., so as to reduce the discomfort caused by abdominal distension after the operation.

As for larger surgeries, such as hysterectomy, intestinal adhesion reduction, cervical cancer eradication surgery..., because of the long anesthesia time and the long operation time, the gastrointestinal tract absorbs more gas and is more likely to have abdominal distension. Therefore, it is more appropriate to eat after 24 hours. For patients who are prone to nausea, vomiting and special physical conditions after surgery, there is no need to force themselves to eat. They can eat after the anesthesia is completely worn off.

The above is an introduction to postoperative care for uterine fibroids. I hope that female friends will receive timely treatment after the disease occurs, and also pay attention to physical care after the operation. You must rest more after the operation, and you must not do physical labor or strenuous exercise. In addition, you must pay attention to nutritional balance in your diet and do regular check-ups.