What to do if your appendicitis surgery wound gets infected

Appendicitis surgery has a wound infection, first of all, if simple redness, swelling, pain, you can change the antibiotic, it is best to use the third generation of cephalosporin antibiotics, such as cefoperazone sulbactam, and the joint application of anti-anaerobic drugs such as metronidazole and ornidazole. At the same time, if the wound infection is more serious pus or exudate, it is best to extract a certain amount of exudate for bacterial culture and drug sensitivity test, according to the drug sensitivity test to select the most sensitive drugs for intravenous drip, at the same time for the exudate is more incision, the incision suture should be removed or incision and drainage, will be around the incision of purulent exudate or fat liquefaction exudate adequate drainage out, the local The infected wounds should be healed gradually by inserting gauze and changing the incision dressings regularly. For appendicitis surgical wound infection, early prevention should be actively avoided to avoid further deterioration of the wound, and at the same time can also be taken to microwave physiotherapy or hot compresses to reduce the symptoms of infection.