How to treat inflammation at the suture site after surgery

Generally, the most feared thing after surgery is stretching the incision and causing it to become inflamed, because wound inflammation may not only make the wound difficult to heal, but also cause some inflammation in the body, leading to fever, etc. So you should pay attention to what you should do after stitches. First of all, you can take some anti-inflammatory drugs to assist wound healing, and wipe the wound with some iodine, alcohol, etc., and eat more water-rich fruits.

1. You can take some cefuroxime tablets or amoxicillin capsules. It is recommended to take some anti-inflammatory drugs. It is better to eat more fruits with high water content, such as oranges, watermelons, peaches, etc. It is best to give some anti-inflammatory drugs, which is better. It is recommended to take some cefuroxime tablets or amoxicillin capsules orally in this case, but it is recommended that it is better to give some drugs.

2. If the wound has not healed yet and the stitches have not been removed, you can take cephalosporins or macrolide antibiotics orally to prevent infection. In addition, the most important thing is to disinfect the local area on time and change the dressing. You can use iodine to wipe and disinfect, or soak the local area in warm potassium permanganate water for observation.

3. After the operation, oral anti-inflammatory treatment can be taken appropriately according to the situation, and the incision gauze should be changed regularly. These should be done under the guidance of a doctor. Try to avoid non-physiological penile erections after surgery. Frequent erections will not only cause incision pain, but also cause serious consequences such as incision tearing and bleeding.

4. 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 at the same time pay attention to protecting the wound.

5. 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.

6. 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 drugs that promote wound healing, such as oral astringent prescriptions. Of course, some oral antibiotics can be used as auxiliary treatment during treatment.

7. First of all, you should take anti-inflammatory drugs regularly as prescribed by your doctor and keep the skin around the wound clean and dry to prevent the wound from becoming purulent and infected. If the wound is itchy, just press it lightly a few times through gauze to relieve the itch. Do not scratch the wound through the gauze or remove the gauze to avoid causing wound damage and bleeding.

8. In addition, you should also pay attention to not excessive movement of the wound area, so as to avoid causing the wound to rupture and affect healing. If the wound is on the upper limb, the affected limb should be suspended in front of the chest immediately after suturing; if the wound is on the lower limb, walking should be reduced as much as possible, and running should be avoided. Rest in bed more and the affected limb should be elevated. This helps blood flow and accelerates wound healing.