The application effect of infrared therapy in episiotomy wounds
CUI Xian-mei
YANG Yu-feng
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the effect of Infrared therapy in episiotomy wounds. Methods:All 240 cases with epi-siotomy wounds were randomly divided into control group and observation group from May to October in 2013,120 cases in each group. The control group received routine care,washing the perineum by using 1 : 5 000 potassium permanganate twice every day and using antibiotics to prevent infection. In addition to these,the observation group was treated with infrared therapy after 24 hours of delivery. Results:The observation group suffered lighter pain,had a mare shorter healing time and the incision healed better than the control group. Conclusion:Infrared physiotherapy can play a role in increasing the perineunm local blood circulation,improving the nutrition of the tissue,eliminating the granuloma,promoting the growth of granulation and speeding up the incision healing time.
Keywords：episiotomypainwound healinginfrared rayphysiotherapy
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 711-713 )