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Health Is Wealth Watch:

Healing Postpartum Wounds and
Helping To Reduce The
Burden of Care Givers

By Shanika Small

Postpartum Wound Care

Caesarean Sections have increased drastically in the last 30 years, from 7% in 1990 to over 21% of all worldwide births today. With the increase in surgical births, there's the increase for Postpartum wound care.

Infection at the incision site and opening of the incision exposing the tissue (dehiscence) are complications that can occur.

It's important to:

• Keep area around the incision clean and dry
• Do not put on any creams, lotions or perfumes on the incision.
• Perform hand hygiene often.
• Follow activity restrictions as ordered by the doctor

Call your doctor if you have increased pain, fever or chills or pus draining from site.

Use a pillow and hold it to the site when sneezing or coughing. This is called Splinting.

This time should be spent healing and bonding with your Newborn, let's do our best and partner with your health professional to prevent infections.

A Surgical wound that doesn't heal may open or pull apart (wound dehiscence), Exposing internal tissues or organs.