How long does natural labor general lochia clean?

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After giving birth to a child, whether it is natural or caesarean section will come to lochia, but natural later lochia time is shorter than caesarean section, so how long after natural lochia clean? For the sake of health and hygiene, the new mother does a few things after giving birth, which will help to eliminate lochia! How long does natural labor general lochia clean?

How long does natural labor general lochia clean?

After delivery, with the decidua of uterus, especially the decidua of placenta attachment falling off, including blood, necrotic decidua and other tissues, the red blood like menstruation will be discharged through vagina, which is called lochia medically. Lochia excretion is beneficial to maternal postpartum recovery, but abnormal lochia will affect maternal health.

Lochia varies from person to person, because everyone's constitution is different, postpartum lochia period time also has some small differences, generally about a month can be clean, cesarean section maternal lochia time is longer. Postpartum women should keep good eating habits, but also learn to control their emotions, because these factors will affect the normal postpartum lochia. According to clinical experience, lochia after natural labor will be completely clean in 4-7 weeks.

For those with local swelling and induration of perineal wound, when the amount of lochia has decreased significantly 10 days after delivery, 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution can be used to soak perineum for 15 minutes, twice a day. To promote perineal wound healing, detumescence, relieve local swelling discomfort.

matters needing attention

If the lochia is not clean for more than 7 weeks after natural labor, the woman should find out the reason in time, so as to treat the cause. Through gynecological examination, doctors will know whether the new mother has intrauterine infection, poor healing of perineal incision and poor recovery of uterus, which lead to irregular lochia.