What to look for after hernia surgery?

  Diet 1.Four hours after the surgery, you need to fast including boiled water.  2.After four hours, if the bowel movement is normal, you can drink boiled water first. If there is no vomiting or other discomfort, you can eat soft and easily digestible food.  3.In order to prevent constipation and to prevent possible slight fever after surgery, please drink more boiled water and eat more vegetables, fruits and other fiber-rich foods.  Activity 1.In principle, you can move around normally, but avoid excessive abdominal straining, such as coughing, crying, squatting, straining to relieve stool, and strenuous exercise.  2.To avoid bladder distention, please remember not to hold urine, but if you cannot urinate or have not been able to urinate for more than six to eight hours, you should report to the medical staff for treatment in a timely manner.  Wound 1.Wound should never get wet after surgery, so do not take a bath for the time being, but take a bath to clean your body, and resume normal bathing after about five to six days depending on the wound healing situation.  2.Please keep the wound clean and dry at all times, and follow the doctor’s instructions to change the medication on time. 3.If there is bleeding, redness, swelling, heat, pain, exudate, high fever, etc., please go back to the hospital immediately for treatment.  Other 1.Please take painkillers on time, which can moderate the discomfort of wound pain.  2.Follow the doctor’s instructions and go to the hospital for follow-up.  3.If you find that your fever is 38 degrees or higher and does not subside, or if there is discharge from the wound, redness, swelling, wound dehiscence, or severe scrotal swelling on the affected side, please come to the hospital immediately.  4.If male patients find abnormal enlargement of scrotum or recurrent hernia, please inform the medical staff quickly.