Care of episiotomy are very important for proper healing. Do not hesitate to seek treatment for hemorrhoids. Indeed, dilated veins in your anus during pregnancy, coupled with straining, often leads the formation of hemorrhoids.
Care of hemorrhoids
A hemorrhoid is a varicose vein that forms the anus and rectum.
Dilation of the veins in your anus during pregnancy, coupled with straining, often leads the formation of hemorrhoids. With your finger, you feel like a big boursoufflure on the anus or just inside the entrance of the rectum.
You should discuss this immediately, because it is very painful sore that requires treatment, you will receive an anti-hemorrhoidal ointment to apply locally.
The first stools are often experienced as an ordeal, but the longer you wait, the more it will be painful. Constipation and hemorrhoids worse, so your diet should be rich in fruit and fiber.
The first day, you can help a laxative or jelly wax. If you continue to suffer, see your doctor because this is perhaps a thrombosis hemorrhoid or anal fissure requiring the intervention of a proctologist.
Care of the scar (episiotomy)
Care of episiotomy are very important for proper healing:
The nurse will take your toilet vulva twice a day. She will complete care when drying the scar with non-alcoholic eosin.
The scar should always be clean and dry, rinse and dry your scar after each voiding (urinating difficult) to avoid humidity.
Do not wear slip synthetic fabric as this material promotes maceration.
Some maternity units use the hair dryer because the warm air that sends local humidity decreases and accelerates healing. Do not overdo it to avoid drying out the skin and mucous membranes harden.
2-3 days following episiotomy is quite difficult because sitting is painful. Analgesics and anti-inflammatories will be prescribed. In some pregnancies, you are sitting on a buoy to relieve you.
For some, hardly aware of episiotomy and discomfort is minimal. For others, the pain of episiotomy punctuate their days and darken their first days or weeks with their babies.
But you say that these troubles passengers, so unpleasant they are, are nothing compared to the pain caused by a tear. Under no circumstances should you hesitate to talk to the nurses, your gynecologist or midwife of discomfort or pain that you experience locally.
In some cases, strong rare, the scar is thick and cumbersome. It is then possible to take it surgically. The operation is performed under local anesthesia and lasts barely half an hour. This procedure can be programmed in the months following childbirth.