Why do you need to cleanse your intestines before surgery

Before patients undergo surgery, doctors will advise them not to eat. This is mainly to reduce the risks during the operation. If the patient vomits or has some other conditions due to the stimulation of drugs, his life may be in danger. Therefore, before undergoing surgery, you must actively cooperate with the doctor for treatment and maintain a good mood, which will be more conducive to the success of the surgery.

Because when patients undergo surgery, they are often prone to nausea and vomiting due to the stimulation of drugs. If there is something in the stomach, it may be inhaled into the trachea and lungs when vomiting, causing life-threatening danger. Therefore, not only can patients not eat before surgery, some of them also need to undergo enema to remove remaining food in the gastrointestinal tract.

What preparations should patients make before surgery?

1. Train your baby to urinate, defecate and breathe deeply in bed. Because some surgeries require you to stay in bed to relieve yourself from urination and defecation, and effective deep breathing and appropriate coughing can reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications, preventive exercises should be performed first.

2. Do not eat or drink water within 6 to 8 hours before surgery to prevent food from refluxing out of the stomach during anesthesia and being inhaled into the lungs, causing pneumonia. But necessary medicines can be taken with small sips of water

3. You should ensure good sleep the night before surgery. If you cannot sleep well, you can take tranquilizers to help you sleep with the doctor's consent. Getting enough sleep will help your body tolerate the surgery better.

4. Gastrointestinal surgery also requires enema to clean the intestines.

5. Before entering the operating room, you must first remove all "external belongings". Patients wearing removable dentures or tooth braces must remove their dentures to prevent them from falling off during anesthesia intubation and accidentally entering the esophagus or respiratory tract. If you have valuable items such as glasses, earrings, rings, watches, bracelets, hairpins, necklaces, etc., please give them to the head nurse or relatives for safekeeping before entering the operating room. Do not bring them into the operating room. When entering the operating room to empty your bowels and bladder, you must change your shoes and put on a surgical cap as required.

6. Please do not wear makeup to avoid affecting the observation of normal skin color.