Symptoms of cesarean section wound inflammation

Caesarean sections are becoming more and more popular during childbirth, and many women will be very weak after undergoing this operation, and postoperative care is particularly important. If the wound becomes inflamed, symptoms such as redness, swelling, and fever will appear, and medical treatment is needed in time. Before this, the mother can clean the wound in advance by treating the purulent wound and soaking the wound in a sitz bath.

1. Symptoms of Caesarean Section Wound Inflammation

Inflammation of the cesarean section incision will have clinical symptoms such as redness, swelling, fever and pain. If the wound becomes inflamed, use antibiotics as appropriate, or apply local medication to the wound.

2. Treatment of inflammation of cesarean section wound

1. Treating suppurative wounds

If the mother finds that her wound is festering after giving birth, she should first drain the pus. Mothers can use salt water to rinse their wounds, but they must pay attention to the fact that the water used to clean the wounds must be sterile. Try to use warm boiled water to clean them. After rinsing, apply hydrogen peroxide or iodine tincture and other drugs to the wounds for sterilization.

2. Use a sitz bath to soak the wound

If the mother accidentally gets bacterial infection and causes inflammation when treating her own wound, she should choose to soak the wound in a sitting bath. You can soak it twice a day, each time for about a quarter of an hour. You can put medicines such as potassium permanganate in the water. However, it should be noted that this method of treating wounds cannot be used for a long time, otherwise it will easily cause vaginal infection.

3. Take medicine

While soaking the wound in a sitz bath, you can take some antibiotics orally as prescribed by your doctor, which is very effective in preventing wound inflammation. However, you must pay attention to whether this medicine will affect your baby, and seek the doctor's advice before taking the medicine.

4. Wound drainage

If the mother's wound causes aseptic inflammation due to fat liquefaction, then the mother must do a good job of drainage, which can prevent fluid from accumulating in the wound and help the wound heal quickly.

5. Clean the wound thread promptly

If the inflammation is caused by the thread ends on the wound, the mother should clean the thread ends in time. She can use saline to clean the wound, and then apply iodine tincture on the wound to further disinfect it. Another thing is that mothers should insist on changing the dressing every day, which can prevent the growth of bacteria and avoid secondary infection of the wound.

6. Go to hospital for wound cleansing

If the mother's wound is too serious, not only does it fester, but it also has symptoms such as wound ulcers, then the mother should go to the hospital for professional diagnosis and treatment in time.