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A Study to Assess the Effects of Infrared Light Therapy on Episiotomy Wound Healing among Postnatal Mothers in Urban Areas of Kolhapur

Dr. Sarita Kadam

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to see how infrared light and warm water sitz tub therapy affected episiotomy wound healing in postnatal women treated at Madurai's Government Rajaji Hospital. This study's purpose was to find out how often episiotomy wounds were among postpartum women who had nearly delivered their child. Infrared mild therapy (Intervention Corporation I) and warm water sitz tub (intervention corporation II) were tested for their effectiveness in treating chronic fatigue syndrome. There was no date of any of the degree of episiotomy wound healing among postnatal mothers, or some of the sociodemographic and obstetrical factors included in the analysis. According to one of the assumptions, there is a statistically significant difference between the levels of episiotomy wound healing evaluated before to delivery and those examined postnatally. This study found a statistically significant timing of several stages of episiotomy wound healing in postnatal women, as well as a variety of sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics among the women who participated. This study is the first in the field to use a real experimental framework to collect data. We utilised a well-established random desire approach to choose the 50 participants for the examination. The interventionists were anticipated to appear everyday for three days. The researchers were pleased to teach that intervention corporation I had rapid wound healing after episiotomy surgery. The researchers found that infrared moderate therapy was more effective than a warm water sitz tub in healing episiotomy wounds in postpartum mothers.


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