How to care for indirect inguinal hernia

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Indirect inguinal hernia can be simply understood as inguinal hernia. In addition to active treatment, it is very important to do well in usual nursing measures. Here's how to care for indirect inguinal hernia.

How to care for indirect inguinal hernia

First of all: to pillow supine position, double knee pad a soft pillow, make hip joint slightly curved, to relax the tension of the incision and reduce intra-abdominal pressure, conducive to wound healing and reduce the pain of the wound, with 1 kg of salt bag compression incision 4-6 hours, with dry towel hold up scrotum to prevent edema, the next day can pad high bedside, half lying on the bed.

Secondly, if there is no nausea, vomiting and other discomfort 6-12 hours after operation, you can eat liquid (rice soup, fish soup, etc.). For the time being, we will not eat milk, beans and other gas producing foods, and gradually switch to ordinary diet.

Finally: activities generally 3-6 days after surgery can be considered out of bed activities, elderly and frail, recurrent hernia, giant hernia patients should be appropriate to delay out of bed activity time, until the condition is stable, then gradually start activities, to avoid affecting the wound healing.

matters needing attention

We should eat less spicy and greasy food, mainly light and high vitamin, high calorie, high protein food, eat less and eat more. Patients in the process of rehabilitation, should avoid severe cough, it is easy to affect the wound, once relapse to timely treatment.