Fishy smelling discharge after hemorrhoid surgery is normal if it is not accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms, and no special treatment is needed. But if accompanied by itching, pain and other uncomfortable symptoms, may be due to postoperative infection, need to take medication.
1. Normal phenomenon: most patients in the process of surgery, will be local ligation treatment, when the ligation of necrotic tissue shedding, will appear in the postoperative secretion fishy. If it is not accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms, there is no need to worry too much, keep the local skin clean and clean, disinfect and change the medicine on time, avoid scratching the skin can be.
2. Postoperative infection: If the patient does not take proper care of the wound after the surgery, it may lead to bacterial invasion of the wound, resulting in a fishy-smelling secretion accompanied by pain, itching and other symptoms. For bacterial infection, patients need to take oral antibiotic drugs under the guidance of the doctor, such as amoxicillin, roxithromycin, etc., while the local medication can be sitz bath, such as 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution sitz bath.
When the patient appears after hemorrhoid surgery secretion fishy odor, should promptly inform the doctor, if necessary, give appropriate treatment.