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Pre- and Post-Surgery Health

Also indexed as:Perioperative Health, Surgery (Health Before and After)

The road to recovery starts with understanding what your body needs before, during, and after surgery. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful.

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Major surgery causes serious stress to the body. The body�s immune system is weakened and gastrointestinal function is changed after major surgery, leaving the body vulnerable to infection and in a state of nutritional insufficiency.¹ Steps can be taken using natural approaches to strengthen the body before and after surgery, enhance defenses, prevent complications, and speed recovery.

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Smoking compromises overall health and is associated with poorer outcomes of many types of surgery.²^{, 3}^{, 4} Smoking may lessen the nausea and vomiting commonly experienced after surgery due to effects of anesthesia, according to a preliminary study,⁵ but the disadvantages far outweigh this single possible benefit.

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Acupressure can be used to prevent nausea and vomiting. Wristbands designed to apply pressure to acupuncture points on the forearm were shown to effectively prevent post-operative nausea and vomiting in seven controlled trials⁶^{, 7}^{, 8}^{, 9}^{, 10}^{, 11} and were as effective as an antinausea medication in another.¹² One controlled trial found no benefit from acupressure wristbands.¹³Acupuncture¹⁴ and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) of a wrist acupuncture point¹⁵ have also been shown to be effective for post-operative nausea and vomiting in controlled trials. A controlled comparison study found that electroacupuncture of the wrist points controlled post-operative nausea and vomiting as well as antinausea medication and better than TENS, but both electro-acupuncture and TENS helped more than no treatment.¹⁶ A comprehensive review of research on acupuncture, electroacupuncture, TENS, acupoint stimulation, and acupressure for post-operative nausea and vomiting found these techniques to be more effective than placebo and as effective as commonly prescribed medications in adults but not in children.¹⁷ However, laser stimulation of the acupuncture points on the wrists both before and after surgery was effective for children in one controlled trial.¹⁸

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