How long does it take to change the dressing after hemorrhoid surgery

Hemorrhoids are a very common intestinal disease in people's daily lives, which has a great impact on people's physical health. In the early stages of hemorrhoids, the main symptoms are itching or pain. In the later stages, symptoms of hemorrhoidal distension or expulsion will appear. It is usually treated with surgery. And many people know that surgical treatment of any disease requires changing the dressing. How long does it take to change the dressing after hemorrhoid surgery?

1. How long does it take to change the dressing after hemorrhoid surgery?

Generally, the dressing for hemorrhoid surgery is changed about every three weeks. In your case, there is no need to put gauze every time the dressing is changed. Medicated fumigation may be given. It is still recommended to go to the hospital to change the dressing and observe the healing of the wound.

2. How to change the dressing after hemorrhoid surgery

1. Patients should not defecate until 24 hours after surgery, but pressure packing should be used during the operation to prevent postoperative bleeding, so the pressure bandage can generally be removed 12 hours after surgery. This can relieve the patient's postoperative reactions such as abdominal distension and difficulty urinating.

2. Before the first bowel movement after surgery, the patient should take a sitz bath in warm salt water to relax the sphincter and relieve the anal pain caused by the first bowel movement. The first dressing change should be done gently. Vaseline gauze strips, Chinese medicine Shengji Yuhong ointment strips or red powder gauze strips can be used and inserted into the anus to achieve anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and facilitate wound drainage. When the above gauze strips are inserted into the anus, they should enter the anus through the normal anal canal skin. It should not be inserted through a wound with a wound surface, and before inserting these medicines into the anus, the anus should be coated with oils such as Mayinglong Hemorrhoid Ointment and Sihuang Ointment. This can reduce the patient's anal pain symptoms when changing the dressing. In addition, when the middle curved forceps enter the anus, the tip of the forceps should point to the back of the anus, which conforms to the anatomical structure of the anal canal and rectum and can reduce the patient's pain.

3. It is best to change the dressing once a day after hemorrhoid surgery. If the dressing is changed too often, such as 2 to 3 times a day, and saline cotton balls are repeatedly applied to the wound each time, the new and tender granulation tissue may be damaged, which will prolong the healing time of the wound. More haste, less speed. If the dressing is changed too infrequently or not after surgery, it is easy for the wound to form false healing. Although the patient's hemorrhoids are cured, subcutaneous fistula will form and another surgery is required.

4. The method of changing dressings after hemorrhoid surgery includes paying attention to the growth of granulation tissue when changing dressings. If the granulation tissue grows too fast and too high, causing poor drainage of the wound, the excess granulation tissue should be cut off, or hypertonic saline should be applied to the excessively high granulation tissue to ensure smooth drainage of the wound.