Health Sciences International Journal
Vol. 2 No. 1: February 2024

Treatment of perineal wounds using complementary alternative therapies: Evidence based case review

Rahmah, Lailatul (Unknown)
Yuliana, Fitri (Unknown)
Palimbo, Adriana (Unknown)
Wahdah, Rabia (Unknown)
Rahayu, Irma Putri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Feb 2024

Abstract

Background: Perineal wounds can cause pain, inflammation, and mechanical trauma and even affect daily mobility. Furthermore, over a long period, prolonged pain can also cause women to become irritable, tired, and even depressed. Midwives are responsible for providing episiotomy pain management services and offering evidence-based good practices for such problems or complaints. Objective: This evidence-based case review aims to determine the results of alternative treatments in relieving and healing perineal wound pain, both spontaneous tears during childbirth and suture wounds. Method: This review is based on a good practice stage report carried out by a group of midwife professional program students who handled midwifery care in the Fatimah Azzahra postpartum ward, Islamic Hospitals, Banjarmasin, in June 2023 with cases including spontaneous lacerations, episiotomies, and second-degree suturing. Then, three articles were assessed and analyzed to provide comparison and evidence relevant to our case report.  Criteria indicators use the PICO format. Findings: The problem was seen in episiotomy wound pain, with some differences in intervention, including lavender oil, ice blocks, rosemary cream, and lavender oil vapor. Furthermore, the comparison between the studies was the group of material used, method, and design of interventions. The outcomes were reduced local temperature of the skin and subcutaneous tissue and a lower rate of the wound in the intervention. Conclusion: Complementary therapy of midwifery care in hospitals has been implemented quite well as long as it does not conflict with procedures, raw materials are easy to obtain, and it is also under continuous supervision by other practitioners.

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Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Health Sciences International Journal, HSIJ, launched in 2023, is an open-access journal that publishes articles in health and related sciences twice a year. Other analytical areas that HSIJ is interested in are biology and health. HSIJ has an editorial board that ensures that every issue of the ...