Patient's question:
A neighbor gave birth to an 8-pound baby girl via cesarean section. It's been 15 days today, and while using the restroom, she suddenly experienced heavy bleeding, using several sanitary pads in a short time. However, she didn't feel any abdominal pain or discomfort.Doctor's answer:
Hello, you will use several sanitary pads in a short time, which indicates a large amount of bleeding and a strong flow. This should be considered late postpartum hemorrhage, also known as postpartum hemorrhage. It may be related to poor healing of the uterine wall incision from a cesarean section. You should seek medical attention and treatment promptly.Recommendations:
1. Based on your daily experience, soaking through one sanitary pad is approximately 20-30 milliliters of blood. Since you have changed several pads in a short time, there may be around 100 milliliters of blood. Therefore, if you are still bleeding heavily, you should go to the hospital for a doctor's examination to determine the cause of the excessive bleeding.
2. At the hospital, you can first undergo an ultrasound examination to check for retained products of conception or blood accumulation in the uterine cavity, as well as whether there is poor uterine contraction or uterine muscle wall tearing post-cesarean section.