A patient sustains a vaginal tear during the labor and delivery process and is experiencing profuse vaginal bleeding. What should the nurse instruct the patient about this injury?
A) This injury will heal rapidly.
B) Surgery is needed to repair the tear.
C) Future vaginal deliveries will be compromised.
D) Bleeding will continue for several weeks to months.
A
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The blood supply to the vagina is furnished by the vaginal artery, a branch of the internal iliac artery. Vaginal tears at childbirth tend to bleed profusely because of this rich blood supply. The same rich blood supply is the reason any vaginal trauma at birth heals rapidly. Surgery is not needed to repair the tear. Future vaginal deliveries will not be compromised. Bleeding will not continue for several weeks to months.
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