Cooling treatment (ice pack) vs no treatment
Perineal pain within 24 hours of giving birth ‐ Moderate + severe pain · Women with perineal trauma (tear or episiotomy, or both) sustained during childbirth
It is very uncertain whether cooling treatment (ice pack or cold gel pad) changes perineal pain within 24 hours of giving birth ‐ Moderate + severe pain compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Local cooling for relieving pain from perineal trauma sustained during childbirth 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.03 [0.82, 1.29]1 study · 316 participantsVery low