Therapy
Pain after a caesarean section is very annoying for a patient, because she cannot perform many things the way she would like. Just holding the child in her arms can make the pain so much worse that this is no longer possible. Some patients suffer so much pain after the C-section that they hardly want to move out of bed.
However, this is only allowed in the first 1-2 days. After that, despite the pain, the patient should try to walk back and forth in the apartment or hospital without putting unnecessary strain on the abdomen. It is important that the patient tries to get back on her feet as quickly as possible despite the pain, as lying in bed for too long increases the risk of thrombosis, which should be avoided.
If a patient has very strong pain after the caesarean section, she can receive additional pain medication. It is important that these painkillers do not pass into breast milk, so that the infant does not receive painkillers unnecessarily if the patient wishes to breastfeed. It is important that the patient is informed in the hospital about which medication she can and may take, when and in what dosage, and that she can get a prescription for it.
Then the patient can also take painkillers at home individually and as needed in case of pain after the caesarean section.Cooling compresses that are carefully placed on the abdomen can also relieve pain after a Caesarean section. Since pain after the Caesarean section can already occur in cases of flatulence or constipation (obsitpation), it is important to pay attention to your diet in the period after the operation and to eat as much fibre as possible and drink as much as possible. It can also be very helpful to wear cotton underpants that are a little too large, so that no uncomfortable synthetic material rubs against the scar and thus causes pain after the Caesarean section or unnecessarily irritates the scar.
In addition, the patient should try to take a shower on the second day despite the pain after the caesarean section and wash the wound with water without rubbing the wound. There are several possibilities to relieve the pain after the Cesarean section. On the one hand, the patient should take care, especially in the first few days, not to strain the abdominal muscles unnecessarily.
This means that on the one hand, excessive movements, such as getting up from bed, should be avoided, but on the other hand, flatulence and constipation should also be avoided, as the patient must tighten the abdominal wall. In order to relieve pain after the Caesarean section, it is therefore advisable to eat as much fibre as possible and drink a lot to keep the stool as soft as possible. Furthermore, it helps to relieve the pain after the Caesarean section if the scar is cleaned again and again during the shower without irritating the scar additionally.
Soaps with additives must also be kept away from the scar! To relieve the initial pain after the C-section, there is often a so-called pain pump for the first 5-7 days in hospital. This is a device that is connected to a tube that lies in a blood vessel (vein) in the arm of the patient. The patient can use this pain pump to relieve the pain after the caesarean section as required by pressing a button, which then injects an analgesic into the vein. The patient can also relieve the pain after the caesarean section by taking painkillers that do not pass into breast milk.
