Nursing methods after uterine fibroid surgery Dietary nursing methods after uterine fibroid surgery

For patients who do not respond well to drug treatment, surgical treatment has to be considered. Surgery can be divided into myomectomy and hysterectomy. Many patients who undergo surgery will ask how to maintain their uterine fibroids after surgery? What are the categories of uterine fibroids? Usually, the most common method for treating uterine fibroids is surgical treatment. Patients should take good care of themselves after surgery:

1. Regular follow-up: In order to closely observe the treatment effect, patients with uterine fibroids should go to the hospital for regular follow-up after surgery. Follow-up content: B gynecological examination, mainly to check whether uterine fibroids have recurred, uterine size, whether the uterine wall wound has healed, and attachments.

2. Diet conditioning: Diet conditioning can promote the rapid recovery of the body. After surgery, patients should not eat too early. They should drink a small amount of water first. If there is no discomfort, they can start to eat liquid food (such as porridge) and resume normal diet the next day. Because wound healing requires protein, eat high-protein foods (such as fish, lean meat, eggs...) to accelerate wound healing, and avoid irritating foods that stimulate gastric acid secretion and cause gastrointestinal discomfort (such as peppers, smoke, oil, coffee).

3. Precautions for sexual life: Sexual life is strictly prohibited within the first month after surgery. Sexual life can be resumed after a follow-up examination at the hospital shows normal results three months later.

4. Pain care: After uterine fibroid surgery, there will be wound pain. Patients should be careful in treatment. If the oral pain is obvious, you need to check whether there is redness and swelling, eliminate the possibility of infection, and go to the hospital for dressing change if there is pus. After a few days of rest, mild pain will usually improve on its own. If the pain is obvious, you need to go to the hospital to eliminate the sequelae left after anesthesia, and use some medicine if necessary.

Uterine fibroids are divided into the following types according to their growth location: intramural fibroids, located in the uterine muscular wall and surrounded by myometrium, accounting for 60%-70%; subserosal fibroids, fibroids grow on the surface of the uterine serosa and protrude from the uterine surface, accounting for about 20%; submucosal fibroids, fibroids grow in the direction of the uterine mucosa and protrude from the uterine cavity, accounting for 10%-15%; cervical fibroids are relatively rare, not exceeding 10%. Because it grows in the lower part of the uterus, it is easy to detect early, but difficult to treat.