Comparative Effects of Cryotherapy and Infrared Light on Pain, Redness, and Healing of Episiotomy Wound

During the 1st visit of the patients, they will be assessed for pain and episiotomy wound. The cryotherapy group will include 12 postnatal women. This group will use a bag of ice pack applied to the perineal region. The ice pack will be sealed in plastic bag and wrapped with one layer of a thin cotton tissue so that the skin of the participant would not be in direct contact with ice, which could cause discomfort. During the intervention, the women will be asked to remove their underpants and hygienic pads and remain in the dorsal recumbent position during cryotherapy that lasted 20 minutes. This procedure will be done twice a day for seven consecutive days

Infrared group will include 12 postnatal women they will encourage to place an infrared lamp at distance of 45 cm from the perineum and the heat produced with 230 volts for twenty minutes. But the mother is checked after the first five minutes to make sure that she was not being burned. The researcher will demonstrate for each woman how to use infrared lamp, and it will be followed by re demonstrations and discussions. These procedures will carry out in the morning and evening for seven consecutive days. The researcher gives the infrared lamp device for each woman then restore it after completion of the study