Why is it important to get out of bed early after thoracic surgery?

  Patients in thoracic surgery after major surgery, often because of the fear of incision pain or incision crack and do not dare to move, some people even a few days do not dare to turn over, but in fact there are many benefits for patients to get out of bed as soon as possible after surgery, is also very necessary. The main benefits are: 1, can prevent pulmonary complications: chest surgery often due to the impact of pain so that patients do not dare to cough, coughing, chest mobility is reduced, coupled with the lying position, so that the secretions in the respiratory tract accumulate in the lungs can cause pneumonia, if you can get out of bed early, this will not happen.  2.Preventing abdominal distension and improving appetite: Early activity of patients promotes recovery of intestinal motility, prevents abdominal distension and constipation, and improves appetite.  3, to prevent the formation of lower limb venous thrombosis: postoperative bed rest, slow blood flow, especially the lower limb venous blood return slow, and often after surgery, poor appetite, reduced water, blood becomes sticky, red blood cells are easy to agglutinate the formation of thrombosis, blocking the lower limb veins, resulting in lower limb swelling and pain, etc., if the postoperative in bed often do stretch trunk leg exercise or early out of bed activities, promote the development of blood in the blood vessels over, the section to prevent thrombosis.  4.Promote wound healing: Many people think that early postoperative activities will make the incision open, in fact, this is a misunderstanding. The layers are tightly sutured during surgery, and about 24 hours after surgery, the sutured layers have different degrees of adhesion and healing to encourage patients to do shoulder joint and arm lifting activities on the operated side. Early activity will not only not crack the incision, but also improve local blood circulation, which is conducive to the healing of the tract.  5.Prevent urinary retention: Due to the difficulty of urination caused by pain or anesthesia, urine is retained in the bladder, which makes the patient bloated and uncomfortable and requires catheterization to discharge. If you move moderately early, you can prevent this and urinate smoothly.  Of course, it is up to the doctor when to get out of bed!