Post-Surgical Recovery: Accelerating Healing with IV Therapy- Written by Jennifer Romans, RN, BSN

IV therapy enhances surgical recovery and aids in optimal healing. Having surgery can leave you weak, miserable, and in pain. The trauma of surgery causes a stress response leading to inflammation, energy deficits, and increased risk for infection. Your body needs nutrients to begin the healing process, but pre-procedure fasting, post-procedure nausea, decreased appetite, and other factors can lead to dehydration, nutrient deficiency, and delayed wound healing. Even with a healthy diet, up to 95% of the US population has a nutrient deficiency at baseline. An infusion of IV therapy can give the body a powerful boost to accelerate healing.

IV therapy post-surgery can have you back to yourself in no time.

In addition to providing necessary hydration and electrolytes with IV therapy, vitamins and nutrients can be added specifically to target a speedy recovery.

Vitamin B Complex

The B complex consists of eight B vitamins. This complex provides a long list of benefits, including helping the body handle the stress of surgery, increasing immunity, decreasing inflammation and risk of infection, improving energy, relieving fluid retention in hands and face, increasing collagen production, enhancing blood flow, and supporting cells to increase wound healing. This powerhouse therapy aids in all aspects of recovery. 

Vitamin C

A fundamental antioxidant, vitamin C strengthens the immune system and protects against infection. It reduces inflammation and has been shown to decrease pain.  This vitamin's ability to promote collagen production and connective tissue repair makes it vital to maximize wound healing.

Glutathione

Glutathione is an important antioxidant and a protector from free radicals that can damage cells. It provides crucial support to the immune system and assists in building and repairing tissue. Glutathione can be depleted by as much as 40% in skeletal muscle after the stress of surgery, which makes supplementation critical to wound healing.  

Zinc

Zinc is essential for skin health. It promotes collagen production, aids in scar formation, and helps wounds heal. Zinc also boosts immune health, which helps avoid infection and speeds the healing process.

Rest and Recuperate

Having surgery is an exhausting experience, both physically and mentally.  Let the specialized VitaOasis Infusion & Wellness team assist you by providing a custom recovery aid plan in the comfort of your home. Rest and recuperate by supporting your body holistically to heal naturally and quickly.