Acute paraproctitis: treatment after surgery

1 What should I do after the operation?

The patient must always fulfill every day the prescriptions of the attending physician. Action on the body anesthesia ends very quickly. This happens almost immediately after the patient wakes up. Immediately in the field of a postoperative wound, discomfort and very unpleasant sensations may appear. If the pain becomes too severe, the physician should prescribe a good pain medication to the patient.

Drink and eat only 3 hours after the operation. The food of a person who has undergone surgery should be light enough. It is not allowed to eat salted, fried, sweet and gas-forming products.

A paraproctitis is quite serious illness, the operation with it helps to restore human health. After this procedure, a sterile bandage must be applied to the wound, which must be removed the next day. Most often, the stool in a person is completely restored after 3 days. If this did not happen, then the patient's doctor prescribes an enema to the patient. The duration of the patient's stay in the hospital depends on the complexity of the operation performed, as well as on his condition and well-being.

Every day the wound needs to be bandaged and used with such antiseptic agents as, for example, Betadine, Chlorhexidine, Iodopyron or Dioxydin. To accelerate the process of tissue regeneration, it is recommended to use Metiluracil, Levomecol or Fusimet.

During the dressings for the attending physician, it is very important to check the correctness of the healing of the postoperative wound. This event almost always brings the patient unpleasant sensations. To eliminate them, it is recommended to take painkillers.

2 Physiotherapeutic procedures

Huge selection of physiotherapeutic procedures is of great benefit to the patient in the process of recovery.

The most common is ultraviolet irradiation. This procedure is performed daily for 10 minutes.

If a person has a chronic form of paraproctitis, then after the operation, he feels much better. Very rarely there are complications. A physician can prescribe the use of systemic antibiotics in the event that the wound has postoperative inflammation.

The appointment of dietary food and laxatives takes place only after additional examination. In most cases, the diet chosen by the doctor is aimed at softening the stool. The daily diet should include dried fruits and lactic products.

In the most ordinary home conditions, the patient should, or with the help of relatives, continue bandaging. The procedure for performing the procedure will be shown by the attending physician before discharge. In some cases, if there is no possibility to perform dressings at home, you should go to the clinic every day to an experienced surgeon.

It should be remembered that care of the wound is not too complicated, since it does not require 100% sterility. To perform the dressing, you need to use gauze, which is folded into several layers, an antibacterial ointment, an antiseptic. With antiseptic solution, the wound is cleaned very carefully, it is carefully dried and then processed with ointment. Gradually, the growing hair must be cut off immediately. Sitting baths are useful.