Dietary taboos for ring removal

Irradiation is a minimally invasive uterine cavity operation, and there are no strict dietary taboos. There is only one core point of attention - within 3 days after the operation, try to avoid spicy food, iced drinks, refrigerated food just taken out of the refrigerator, as well as highly allergenic and high histamine foods such as mango and seafood. There is no need to blindly take supplements, and there is no need to follow the old rule of "avoid all foods for a month". You can basically eat normally if you eat regular foods without any reaction.

Over the years I have been attending gynecological outpatient clinics, the most common question I have encountered is, "Doctor, I have just had my ring removed. Do I need to avoid being cold for a month like I did during confinement?" ”, I have to laugh and cry every time to explain for a long time. The older generation does have a rule of "avoid eating cold food for a month after uterine surgery", and it makes sense: after all, there will be short-term pelvic congestion after surgery, and cold and cold food may stimulate vasoconstriction and aggravate the discomfort of lower abdominal distension. For people who are cold and prone to dysmenorrhea during menstruation, there is nothing wrong with following this rule. It is always right to maintain a safe diet. However, from the perspective of modern medicine, the damage to the endometrium caused by the ring removal is very small. Most people will only have a small amount of brown bleeding for 1-2 days after the operation. As long as your gastrointestinal tolerance is tolerated, you can eat strawberries, oranges, and yogurt at room temperature normally. Even if you like to drink ice, you will sip two sips of iced Coke a week after the operation. As long as you don’t feel stomachache or increase bleeding after drinking it, you don’t have to feel guilty at all.

I met a girl born in 1995 a while ago. On the day she got the ring, her best friend took her to celebrate "liberating from birth control." She ate a spicy butter hotpot and she started bleeding bright red the next day. Her lower abdomen was so heavy that she couldn't straighten up. She came for a check-up in a panic. The B-ultrasound showed nothing wrong. It was just that the spicy stimulation aggravated the pelvic congestion. The wound was almost healed but had a small tear. I went back and drank millet porridge for two days without eating spicy food. On the third day, she was fine. This is a typical unnecessary torment. It doesn’t mean that you can’t touch even a bite of spicy food. If you feel your stomach hurts even if you eat even mild spicy food, then just tolerate it for the first few days. If you usually eat spicy food just like eating, it doesn’t matter if you eat a small amount. Your body knows best.

There are also many people who regard the removal of the ring as a postpartum supplement. They stew donkey hide gelatin chicken soup and make ginseng tea as soon as they get off the operating table. After drinking it for two days, the amount of bleeding increases and they panic again. This is actually stepping on the trap of "activating blood immediately after surgery". The wound is still recovering in the first 3 days. A large dose of blood-activating supplements will speed up blood circulation, but will prolong the bleeding time. If you really need to take supplements, wait for 3 days. If there is no obvious bleeding, then just eat a small amount of red dates and longan. If you don't take a big supplement, you will be the only one who gets fat in the end. Oh, by the way, if you are allergic, you will easily get rashes if you eat seafood and mangoes. It is best not to touch these high histamine foods in the week before surgery. Your immunity will be slightly lower after surgery. I met a patient who usually eats The shrimp was fine. After removing the ring, I ate a plate of braised prawns. Not only did I get hives all over my body, but I also had abdominal pain. I thought it was a uterine infection. I took blood and did an ultrasound, but nothing was wrong. It was just a stress reaction from an allergic reaction. I was scared for nothing.

In fact, after all is said and done, removing the ring is really a very small operation. You really don’t need to set so many rules for yourself when it comes to eating. The core principle is “whatever you feel comfortable eating is fine.” Don’t deliberately pretend to eat spicy or cold things that make your teeth sore, and don’t be so pretentious that you dare not touch even a room-temperature apple. If you really feel that the amount of bleeding suddenly increases and the pain is severe after eating something, come to the hospital in time. In most cases, you are just scaring yourself, and there is no big problem.