1, the symptoms of appendicitis in children
Appendicitis in children is a common acute abdomen, with three main symptoms: abdominal pain, vomiting and fever, but the specific manifestations of each child are different.
Abdominal pain is the first symptom, but because children themselves can't accurately express the concept of "pain", vomiting, crying, irritability, refusal to eat, fever, and fear of doctors and injections also cover up children's reaction to pain.
In addition, some "antipyretics" themselves have the function of relieving pain, and it is easy to cover up the condition, so many parents of children with appendiceal perforation have this feeling-the child doesn't seem to have much abdominal pain, so why is it perforated? Secondly, children have nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite, so they are often misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis. Children's appendicitis will also have a fever of about 38℃, and it is often misdiagnosed as respiratory infection. However, appendicitis usually occurs after abdominal pain, and the body temperature gradually increases with the aggravation of the disease. When peritonitis is caused by perforation of the appendix, high fever above 39℃ may occur.
2. Precautions for postoperative diet
(1) Avoid food.
① Fried food
Because this kind of food is not easy to digest, it will increase the burden of digestive tract, eat more will cause indigestion, and it will also increase blood lipid, which is not good for health. Eat less pickled food: These foods contain more salt and some carcinogens, so it is not advisable to eat more.
(2) cold food irritating food.
Cold and irritating food has a strong stimulating effect on digestive tract mucosa, which is easy to cause diarrhea or digestive tract inflammation. Regular diet: Studies show that eating regularly and quantifying regularly can form conditioned reflex, which is helpful to the secretion of digestive glands and digestion.
(2) Chew slowly
To reduce the gastrointestinal burden. The more times you chew food fully, the more saliva you secrete, which has a protective effect on gastric mucosa.
(3) Quantify each meal regularly.
To eat moderately every meal, three meals a day are scheduled, and at the specified time, no matter whether you are hungry or not, you should take the initiative to eat and avoid being too hungry or too full.
3. How long can I take a bath after operation?
1, how long can I scrub my body after operation?
Under normal circumstances, after appendicitis surgery, you can scrub your body when the patient can move freely. However, at this time, the incision has not healed and the suture has not been removed. Therefore, when scrubbing the body, you must keep the incision from getting wet. If necessary, you can protect the incision with adhesive tape or other things to avoid getting wet and causing incision infection.
2. How long can I take a bath after appendicitis surgery?
Bathing after appendicitis surgery must wait until the suture is removed after appendicitis is cured. Generally speaking, the suture can be removed five to seven days after the operation when the incision is recovered normally. Because the eye of the needle at the suture removal site will heal one day after the suture removal, it is said that the wound can get wet about 2-3 days after the suture removal, and you can take a bath at this time.
3. How to take a bath after appendicitis surgery?
After the suture removal of appendicitis surgery, the patient should take a gentle action when taking a bath. At this time, it is advisable to take a shower at a suitable water temperature. You can't take a hard bath when taking a bath within one week after the suture removal. It will take a while to really wash the dirt by taking a bath.
4. Precautions
Although the suture has been removed after appendectomy, the incision has not completely healed. Pay attention to the appropriate water temperature when taking a bath, otherwise too cold or too hot will cause irritation to the wound. Under normal circumstances, bathing has no effect on the wound at this time, but you still need to be especially careful not to touch the scab at the knife edge; After taking a bath, pay attention to dip the moisture on the wound in time and keep it clean and dry.
5. When can I take a bath after operation?
If the wound heals well after appendicitis operation and the body has no other discomfort symptoms, it can be properly scrubbed about 15 days after operation, but it is still necessary to pay attention to the fact that the force should not be too large, and it can be gently scrubbed.