Post-Surgery Care & Recovery Guide
After your procedure, your recovery depends on correct wound care, safe activity, and timely follow-ups. Here are general guidelines shared by our doctors at Sharvari Hospital.
General recovery tips
- ✓Take medicines exactly as prescribed for pain control and prevention of infection.
- ✓Follow your diet instructions and drink fluids as advised.
- ✓Keep the wound area clean and dry; do not remove dressings unless your doctor advises.
- ✓Resume light activity early if your doctor permits, but avoid heavy lifting and strain.
- ✓Attend your scheduled follow-up visit; most of our doctors provide free follow-up consultation.
When to call the hospital
Contact the hospital immediately if you experience severe pain that is not improving, fever, increasing swelling or redness, heavy bleeding, foul-smelling discharge, or any sudden worsening of symptoms.
Emergency contact
Our team is available as per your urgency and procedure needs.
Diet and wound care basics
- ✓Prefer light, easily digestible meals initially and increase as tolerated.
- ✓Maintain hydration to support bowel function and healing.
- ✓Do not apply creams or home remedies on the wound unless prescribed.
- ✓Keep follow-up appointments so your doctor can assess healing properly.
Safe recovery milestones
Most patients improve steadily with wound care, hydration, walking, and medicines on schedule. Contact the hospital quickly if symptoms worsen instead of self-medicating.
- •Increasing pain, redness, swelling, or discharge from wound site.
- •Fever, repeated vomiting, breathing difficulty, or persistent bleeding.
- •No bowel movement or urine issues beyond advised recovery window.