What may cause urinary tract infection after cesarean section

Cesarean section has a relatively large impact on the mother. If you do not pay attention to diet, some sequelae may occur, such as urinary tract infection, which is harmful to women's reproductive health and urinary system health. Therefore, you must prevent some dangerous behaviors in your daily life, pay attention to good conditioning, and health care to avoid infection.

Dangerous behavior 1: Lying flat

After a caesarean section, new mothers will experience pain in the incision as the anesthesia effect gradually wears off. Lying flat makes the pain of uterine contraction more sensitive, so new mothers should lie on their side. New mothers can use a pillow 6 hours after lying flat on their backs. At this time, it is best to lie on your side and put a quilt or blanket behind your back so that your body and the bed are at an angle of 20 to 30 degrees. This can reduce the vibration and pulling pain of the wound when the body moves, and you will feel more comfortable.

The nurse will properly secure the urinary catheter drainage bag and infusion tube in the appropriate position, place a sanitary napkin under the mother's buttocks, and regularly massage the uterus for new mothers to observe uterine contractions and private bleeding.

After a caesarean section, the new mother should engage in physical activities as soon as she regains consciousness. Within 24 hours after delivery, new mothers should practice turning over, sitting up, and getting out of bed and moving slowly. Because only when the intestines are active can the body move, and only when the intestines are active can the gas be discharged, and only when the gas is discharged can one eat slowly, and only when the diet is resumed can one eat some milk-producing food to allow further secretion of milk. This helps new mothers recover their strength, promotes urination and defecation, promotes the discharge of lochia after cesarean section, and prevents intestinal adhesion and thrombosis that may cause embolism in other parts of the body.

Dangerous behavior 2: Not daring to urinate or defecate

After a caesarean section, many new mothers are unwilling to get out of bed to urinate or defecate, and would rather lie in bed without eating or drinking, for fear of touching the abdominal wound, causing pain or wound rupture. In fact, this practice is wrong. You should urinate and defecate in time after a caesarean section.

After a cesarean section, the pain from the wound makes it difficult to exert force on the abdomen, and urine and feces cannot be discharged smoothly, which can easily cause urinary retention and constipation. If there are hemorrhoids, the situation will become more serious. Therefore, after a cesarean section, the new mother should urinate and defecate in time according to her usual habits.

Generally, the indwelling catheter will be removed on the second day after cesarean section when the intravenous drip is finished. Urinating should be done 3 to 4 hours after removal to achieve the purpose of natural flushing of the urinary tract. If you are not used to urinating in bed, you can get out of bed and go to the toilet. If you still can't urinate, the new mother should tell the doctor until you can urinate smoothly, otherwise it is easy to cause urinary tract infection.

It should be noted that before getting out of bed, you should tie your abdomen with a belly band to fully protect the wound. You should also cover your abdomen with one hand and hold the wall with the other hand. This way, the wound will not be touched and cause pain due to walking.

Dangerous behavior 3: Sitz bath or tub bath

During the confinement period, new mothers should clean the secretions from the vulva with warm water every day to keep their lower body clean. New mothers can usually take a bath and wash their hair one week after giving birth, but they must insist on sponge baths and not sit baths or tub baths to avoid dirty water entering the reproductive tract and causing infection.

When taking a bath in the tub during the postpartum period, bacteria that parasitize on the skin or vagina and bacteria contaminated by bathing utensils can enter the birth canal with the bath water, increasing the chance of infection. In mild cases, there will be inflammation of the perineal wound and endometrium. In severe cases, the disease can spread to the parauterine tissue, pelvic cavity, abdominal cavity, and veins, and even bacteria can multiply in the blood and cause sepsis. It is forbidden to take a bath in a tub after delivery, and you should choose to take a shower.

In fact, new mothers who have undergone a caesarean section cannot take a shower before the stitches are removed because they need to keep the abdominal wound dry and clean. At this time, the new mother can use warm water to scrub the local part of the body, or ask the doctor to waterproof the abdominal wound before taking a shower.

In addition, you should use isolation drugs when showering. Doctors will generally provide waterproof protection for abdominal wounds, and most incisions now do not require stitches to be removed, so the abdominal wounds must be kept dry and clean after delivery so that they can heal as soon as possible.

Dangerous behavior 4: Eating a lot of fish and meat

Many new mothers blindly believe that caesarean section causes them to lose too much blood and energy. During the confinement period, you should eat as much as you can, including meat and fish, to replenish all the nutrients from the liquid food.

After a caesarean section, mothers are severely physically exhausted and are in urgent need of nutritional supplements. However, this does not mean that you have to eat a lot of meat and fish during the confinement period after a caesarean section. If you blindly take supplements after delivery, it will not only make you gain weight, but it will also easily cause constipation and the fat content in breast milk will surge, which can easily cause fatty diarrhea in your baby.

The diet during the confinement period after a caesarean section should be light, and it is not advisable to eat high-calorie foods immediately. Eggs, milk, fermented foods and milk are prohibited within one week after the caesarean section to prevent bloating. After one week, you can start to consume high-protein foods such as fish, fresh milk, chicken essence, meat, etc. to help repair the injured abdominal tissue. At the same time, you should avoid irritating foods such as dark colors, coffee, tea, pepper, and alcohol, and eat more nutritious, high-calorie, and easily digestible foods.