What should I pay attention to after hemorrhoid surgery?

Hemorrhoids are a common chronic disease in clinical practice. They are difficult to treat and are prone to recurrence. If you want to completely cure hemorrhoids, you can choose surgery. However, after hemorrhoid surgery, there are many things to pay attention to, and you need to improve your lifestyle and eating habits.

1. Take breaks

On the day after hemorrhoid surgery, you should lie flat, unless an anal drainage tube is left in, in which case you can lie on your side, because lying flat is better for compressing the incision and stopping bleeding, and is also conducive to rest; try to reduce the number of times you get out of bed to avoid bleeding from the incision; turn over in bed as gently as possible to avoid loosening of the bandage and causing bleeding due to excessive movements; after waking up from anesthesia, if there is no nausea or vomiting, you can eat a small amount of liquid food, such as white porridge and pasta.

2. Pay attention to your diet

On the first day after surgery, after the anal incision dressing is removed, you should not get out of bed immediately. Try to lie flat for an hour. After observing that there is no obvious bleeding from the incision, you can get out of bed and move around. Try to eat semi-liquid food and eat more vegetables and fruits to facilitate bowel movements.

3. Exercise

Starting from the second day after surgery, appropriate exercise after meals, controlled within 30 minutes, will help restore intestinal function and facilitate defecation; do more ani lifting exercises, preferably 3-5 sets a day, 50 times each set, which will help blood circulation and promote incision healing, and also help the functional exercise of the anal muscles to promote defecation and avoid fecal incontinence; the diet should be as light as possible, preferably with more vegetables and less meat, which will help soften the stool and avoid the possibility of bleeding after defecation.

4. Massage scars

After the operation, you may experience anal distension, tingling, urge to defecate, itching, etc. These are common phenomena in the healing process of the anal incision. This is a normal process and don't worry. These symptoms will basically disappear after about three to six months. You may have difficulty defecating about 2 weeks after the operation. This is because the scar of the anal incision is in the hardening period. Proper scar massage can help soften the scar tissue, and the symptoms of difficulty defecating will be significantly relieved.