How to insert a drain strip by yourself after anal fistula surgery

After anal fistula surgery, you can’t plug the drainage strip by yourself, it needs to be operated through the health care personnel. Anal fistula is mostly caused by perianal abscess or perianal trauma and other factors, resulting in localized abscess breakthrough in the rectal and anal canal and perianal skin, which can cause perianal swelling, pain, mucus secretion and other symptoms. Anal fistula surgery is usually anal fistula incision or high anal fistula incision hanging surgery, after the operation need to fill the drainage strip to drain the incision seepage and local pus, each time the change of medicine, the doctor needs to clean and disinfect, but also need to judge the degree of recovery of the surgical incision, can not be stuffed with their own drainage strips. Plugging drainage strips by yourself may cause localized germs to attack and lead to aggravation of the condition. It can also cause damage to the incision site due to improper operation, poor drainage, affecting the healing of the incision. In daily life, after anal fistula surgery should pay attention to perianal hygiene and cleanliness, you can take a localized sitz bath for cleaning care, avoid squatting, sitting and other bad lifestyle. In addition, avoid the intake of spicy stimulating food, so as not to stimulate the incision site, if there is bleeding, oozing, infection, etc., should be timely consultation for treatment.