Symptoms of inflammation of episiotomy wound during vaginal delivery

When a pregnant woman is giving birth, if the birth is normal, she may have a side incision. The side incision is only for a smooth delivery. After delivery, it is necessary to prevent the side incision from getting inflammation. Once inflammation occurs, it will have a relatively large impact on the mother. It often leads to wound inflammation and exudate outflow. In severe cases, it may also cause the patient to have a fever. At this time, anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out in time.

Symptoms of inflammation of episiotomy wound during vaginal delivery

1. For some patients with only slight redness and swelling in the wound inflammation, you can apply iodine tincture to the wound every day for anti-inflammatory and disinfection, and pay attention to protecting the wound. 2. If the inflammation of the episiotomy wound is more serious, the patient will have typical symptoms of wound inflammation such as redness, swelling, heat and pain at the wound site, and exudate will flow out. At this time, you can use normal saline to clean the wound, and then apply iodine to reduce inflammation. At the same time, you also need to take oral antibiotics or intravenous infusion treatment according to the doctor's instructions. 3. If the patient's wound shows serious symptoms such as suppuration and ulcers, and there is no sign of healing for several weeks. The first thing to do at this time is to clean the wound in time to prevent the spread of wound inflammation. In order to make the wound heal faster, after cleaning, it can be treated with medicines that promote wound healing, such as Yu’s Wound Healing Recipe. Of course, some oral antibiotics can be used as auxiliary treatment during treatment.

Note:

Due to the special location of the wound, you can take a sitz bath after defecation. You can use warm salt water or 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution for the sitz bath. Pay attention to diet conditioning, drink plenty of water, and eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables.

How long does it take for the wound to heal?

Normal childbirth usually leaves vaginal lacerations or wounds left by episiotomy. Mothers who give birth naturally generally have fewer complications after delivery, and recover relatively faster than mothers who give birth by caesarean section. Usually the pain disappears in about 1 to 2 weeks. As for how long it takes for a natural birth wound to heal, it takes about 2 weeks. Normal childbirth will cause some changes or damage to the cervix and vaginal tissues to a certain extent, but such wounds will usually heal on their own after delivery. If the vaginal tear is caused by rapid labor or improper force during labor, it must be sutured with surgical repair to avoid delaying recovery. Therefore, sometimes in order to prevent the mother from suffering a large and difficult-to-treat perineal tear during childbirth, obstetricians or midwives will usually perform an episiotomy to help the fetus be born smoothly. The perineal wound will heal in about 4 to 5 days after a normal delivery. The pain will gradually disappear in about a week, and the wound will reach a more stable state after about two weeks. If the wound becomes red, swollen, painful, or even has secretions with a strange odor, it may be infected and should be checked back as soon as possible.