What must be read for patients undergoing uterine fibroid surgery? What aspects should we pay attention to? Regarding the issue of uterine fibroid surgery, the editor below has collected detailed information about uterine fibroid surgery for everyone.

1. Myomectomy. It is an operation to remove uterine fibroids and preserve the uterus. If you have multiple uterine fibroids, it is usually limited to 15 or less.

Suitable people:

1. Those under 45 years old, especially those under 40 years old.

2. Those who are infertile due to fibroids or have children but the fibroids are relatively large, exceeding 6 cm in diameter.

3. People with heavy menstrual flow, prolonged menstruation, and conservative drug treatment is ineffective;

4. People with symptoms of oppression, or submucosal fibroids or fibroids that grow quickly .

2. Hysterectomy. Usually, hysterectomy is suitable for people whose symptoms cannot be improved after expectant therapy and drug therapy, and who need surgery but are not eligible for myomectomy. Divided into total hysterectomy or supravaginal hysterectomy.

What are the precautions after uterine fibroid surgery?

1. Within 6 hours after uterine fibroid surgery, lie flat on the bed, but do not sleep on a pillow, and turn your head to one side to prevent vomitus from being sucked into the trachea;

2. Most patients feel no pain after uterine fibroid surgery, but attention should also be paid to massaging the patient's waist and legs, and turning the patient over every 30 minutes to ensure blood circulation and prevent the occurrence of bedsores.

3. If the infusion is completed on the same day, the ureter can be pulled out, and the patient can get out of bed and move around.

4. Six hours after minimally invasive surgery for uterine fibroids, the patient can be allowed to eat a small amount of liquid food, such as gruel, noodle soup, etc. But do not give patients sugary drinks such as sweetened milk and soy milk powder.

Diet after uterine fibroid surgery

Patients with uterine fibroids should pay great attention to their diet after surgery, especially after 6 hours of surgery, they can start eating some liquid food. But the materials must be particular. Let’s take a look at the dietary precautions after uterine fibroid surgery!

If you want to recover your body faster and avoid the possibility of recurrence of uterine fibroids, you must pay attention to your diet after surgery.

1. The elderly and infirm: should eat more liquid and semi-liquid foods to facilitate digestion, such as lotus root powder, orange juice, etc., or use lean meat or fresh fish to make soup, which can not only ensure nutrition but also It can increase appetite and the patient will recover quickly. If the patient's nutritional status is poor and the general diet cannot meet the nutritional needs, some high-energy comprehensive nutrient preparations can be taken orally to improve the nutritional status.

Reminder: It is not advisable to eat too early. Generally, you start to drink a small amount of water after the anus is exhausted. If there is no discomfort, you can eat liquid food, such as rice soup, vegetable soup, etc., and then gradually transition to soft food and ordinary food.

2. Women who generally suffer from uterine fibroids should eat lighter foods and more fruits and vegetables during treatment, especially fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C.

What should not be eaten after uterine fibroid surgery?

NO.1 Pungent food

Including spicy food, alcohol, etc. Because spicy food can stimulate the endocrine system, causing endocrine imbalance, there is a risk of accelerating the growth of uterine fibroids; alcoholic food can also stimulate the uterus, and drinking alcohol can cause blood to rise, which is not conducive to the mood of patients with uterine fibroids. control.

NO.2 Foods that are prone to the disease

Such as mutton, shrimp, crab, eel, salted fish, black fish, etc. Because for patients with uterine fibroids, meat contains more fat, so obese women have a much higher risk of developing uterine fibroids than other women.

Secondly, patients with uterine fibroids should avoid eating seafood. The hormones contained in these seafood may lead to the serious development of uterine fibroids.

NO.3 Blood-tonifying and Qi-tonifying foods

Uterine fibroid patients should be careful not to eat blood-tonifying and Qi-tonifying foods, such as red dates, longan, donkey hide gelatin, royal jelly and other blood-tonifying foods, because The occurrence and growth of uterine fibroids are closely related to estrogen in women. If the estrogen secretion in the body is too high, it will promote the growth of uterine fibroids.

Adjuvant dietary therapy for uterine fibroids

Uterine fibroids are generally safe. If the fibroids exceed 5 cm, surgery is required, or early treatment is required according to individual circumstances. . So what are the dietary treatments for uterine fibroids? Is Chinese medicine effective in treating uterine fibroids?

1. Motherwort and tangerine peel eggs

Ingredients: 50-100 grams of motherwort, 9 grams of tangerine peel, 2 eggs, appropriate amount of water.

Method: Add appropriate amount of water to all the ingredients in a pot and cook. After the eggs are cooked, remove the shells and cook for a while. Drink soup and eat eggs. Take once a day before menstruation, several times in a row.

2. Boil lean pork with mugwort leaves and mugwort

Ingredients: 9 grams each of yuanhu, mugwort leaves, and angelica root, 60 grams of lean pork, and a little salt.

Method: Add 3 bowls of water to Yuanhu, mugwort leaves and Angelica sinensis and cook until boiled. After boiling into 1 bowl of water, remove the medicinal residue; add pork and continue to cook, and finally add salt to taste before eating. . Take one dose every day before menstruation, and take 5-6 doses continuously.

3. Boiled eggs with rice wine and ginger

Ingredients: 4 unhatched chicken (duck) eggs, 15 grams of ginger, and 50 ml of rice wine.

Method: Shell, feather and internal organs the eggs or duck eggs, add rice wine and ginger and cook together, add salt to taste before taking. Take one dose daily before menstruation for several days.

4. Boiled loofah seeds in brown sugar

Ingredients: 9 grams of loofah seeds, appropriate amount of brown sugar, and a little rice wine.

Method: First dry the loofah seeds, boil the loofah seeds in an appropriate amount of water, remove the residue and extract the juice, add rice wine and brown sugar, stir evenly and take it. Take it once a day before menstruation for 3-5 days.

5. Poria and ginger paste

Materials: 250 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 250 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 250 grams of Poria cocos, 150 grams of ginger, 100 jujubes

Method: Wash and dry the first 3 flavors, grind them finely and sieve them, remove the pits from the jujubes, grind the ginger into puree and remove the ginger residue. Use ginger and jujube paste mixed with medicated powder to make a paste, which should be preserved and stored for later use. Take 30 grams in the morning and evening with rice wine.

6. Old loofah brown sugar water

Ingredients: 30 grams of yiren root, 30 grams of old loofah (fresh), appropriate amount of water, a little brown sugar

Method : Add the first two and decoct them in appropriate amount of water, remove the residue and extract the juice, add a little brown sugar for seasoning and take it, 1 dose per day for 5 days.

7. Anti-tumor eggs

Ingredients: 2 eggs, 5 traditional Chinese medicine geckos, 9 grams of Zedoary, 400 grams of water

Method: Add all ingredients to water Fry them together, wait until the eggs are cooked, then peel them and then cook them again. After cooking, you only need to eat the eggs and take them once a night. It can disperse stagnation and relieve pain, dispel wind and calm convulsion.

Will uterine fibroid surgery affect pregnancy

Many patients with uterine fibroids are reluctant to undergo surgery, mainly because they are worried that the surgery may affect their pregnancy. In fact, uterine fibroid surgery does not necessarily affect pregnancy. Whether pregnancy will be affected after uterine fibroid surgery depends on the type of surgery, the size of the fibroids, the location of their growth, and the recovery status after surgery.

Uterine fibroid surgery mainly involves myomectomy and hysterectomy. Myomectomy is mainly used to remove fibroids in the uterus. It is generally suitable for female patients of childbearing age who want to have children but whose fibroid symptoms are relatively small. For this type of patients, after uterine myomectomy, since there may be trauma to the uterus and abdominal wall after the operation, sexual intercourse is prohibited within one month in principle. Women who want to become pregnant should wait until their physical condition recovers. Start preparing for pregnancy. Before preparing for pregnancy, it is best to go to the hospital to check your body's recovery and consult a doctor before deciding to prepare for pregnancy.

For female patients who require infertility due to the location of uterine fibroids that hinders the formation or implantation of fertilized eggs and require myomectomy, myomectomy can increase the chance of pregnancy. But you have to wait until your body recovers before you can prepare for pregnancy.

If a patient undergoes total hysterectomy, there is no hope of pregnancy after the operation. The uterus is the breeding ground for embryonic development and growth. Without the uterus, it means that a woman has completely lost her fertility. Therefore, total hysterectomy is generally performed on female patients who have no desire to have children and have severe fibroid symptoms.

Will there be any sequelae of uterine fibroid surgery

For older patients with a variety of gynecological diseases, if they want to completely relieve their pain, most of them will choose surgery and removal. Uterine fibroids. So, will there be any sequelae after uterine fibroid surgery? Generally speaking, if hysterectomy is used for treatment, there will be some corresponding sequelae that will appear for a period of time after the operation.

1. Bleeding: divided into bleeding during surgery and late postoperative bleeding. Injury to the bladder and ureter, infection, improper vaginal and cervical disinfection before surgery, or vaginal secretions overflowing into the abdominal cavity during surgery, causing infection, rectal injury, incision of the uterus and rectum, and rectal adhesion during surgery, and intestinal loops can be easily adhered. Incision in the uterus, causing intestinal obstruction.

2. Ovarian failure: 34% of patients develop ovarian failure and menopausal symptoms to varying degrees within 2 years after surgery. Patients are prone to adverse reactions such as obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and osteoporosis. After surgery, the patient's vagina becomes shortened and her sexual life is not harmonious, which affects the relationship between the couple. Three months after the operation, if you still feel uncomfortable in your stomach and waist when holding heavy things, you should go to the hospital for follow-up in time to avoid affecting your normal life.