Is CBD safe to use after surgery or while recovering from an illness?

The short answer is yes. CBD can help relieve post-surgery symptoms like pain, soreness of the incision site, nausea, vomiting, and difficulty sleeping. It also has properties that can speed up your healing process while recovering from an illness.

In this article, we’ll discuss common post-surgery symptoms and problems encountered by people who are recuperating from an illness. We’ll also talk about how CBD can help with these problems and the proper ways of using CBD after surgery or an illness.

 

Common Problems After Surgery or an Illness

We are at one of our most vulnerable times while we’re recovering from a surgery or an illness. The common problems many people encounter during this time are:

• Pain and swelling in the incision area
• Muscle weakness and inability to move freely
• Fatigue
• Difficulty sleeping or maintaining sleep
• Poor appetite
• Bowel movement changes (constipation or diarrhea)
• Nausea and vomiting
• Headaches and brain fog
• Shortness of breathing, especially when moving around or doing activities of daily living
• Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, irritability, and mood swings

These are common symptoms that can affect or slow down one’s recovery process.

 

How CBD Helps with the Recovery Process

Non-psychoactive CBD offers many health effects that can address these problems.

• CBD stimulates the endocannabinoid system. The main function of this important biological system is to promote balance within the body. It helps regulate many physiological functions, including pain, appetite, anxiety, mood, emotions, and even our immune response. The endocannabinoid system also helps modulate nausea and vomiting. It also plays a role in maintaining the normal and healthy functioning of our gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems (brain and spinal cord).
• CBD also stimulates other important receptors in the body like the vanilloid, serotonin, and adenosine receptors. These receptors also modulate our physiological responses. They prompt the cells to release or reabsorb neurotransmitters or chemicals that can either relieve or worsen symptoms.
• Three, CBD also functions as an antioxidant, which can help speed up the healing process of wounds.

These CBD effects can help control several post-surgery and post-illness problems mentioned above. These effects, in turn, can lead to a faster recovery process.

 

How to Choose the Best CBD Product

CBD comes in many types and forms, so you have to take this into consideration before choosing CBD products.

Different Types of CBD Products

• CBD isolate products like our THEIA CBD oil only contain pure CBD.
• Broad-spectrum CBD products contain CBD with the addition of other cannabinoids and terpenes. They don’t contain THC.
• Full-spectrum CBD products like our THEIA Full-Spectrum CBD oil contain terpenes and other cannabinoids, including THC.

All types of CBD work great in controlling symptoms, but consumers who are hesitant to try any CBD product with THC may benefit more from CBD isolates.

Different Forms of CBD Products

• CBD products with fast-onset but short-acting effects include sublingual (CBD oils and tinctures), inhalable (CBD flower and CBD vape), and topical CBD products (sticks, balms, and creams). The therapeutic effects of CBD can be felt within 30 minutes and may last anywhere from two to six hours. Products like these work best for acute symptoms that need immediate relief.
• CBD products with slow-onset but long-acting effects include edibles like capsules, gummies, brownies, etc. It may take about 30 minutes to an hour before you feel CBD’s effects, but the effects can last a long time about six to eight hours. Products like these work best for chronic symptoms that need longer symptom control.

Knowing this information can help you find the best CBD product that fits your medical needs. For example, taking sublingual CBD oil and applying topical CBD to your incision site can help not only with fatigue, soreness, pain, and swelling but also improve appetite, sleep, and mental health issues.

 

How to Properly Use CBD After Surgery or an Illness

The first step in using CBD for post-surgery or post-illness problems is to find the best dosage. To help you get started, you may use our CBD dosage chart.

• 6.25 to 12.5 mg of CBD or 5 to 10 drops for mild symptoms 
• 18.75 to 25 mg of CBD or 15 to 20 drops for moderate symptoms
• about 25 to 50 mg of CBD or 20 to 40 drops for severe symptoms
• 100 mg of CBD or 80 drops for extra-strength CBD

Remember though that we’re built differently, so you may or may not find relief from these dosages. If this happens, you can easily adjust the dose the next time your take CBD. Increase the dose if you felt no improvement, or decrease the dose if you felt some side effects.

The second step is to use the product properly.

• For sublingual CBD, we stress the importance of placing the drops under your tongue and letting it sit there for about a couple of minutes. This allows your mouth cells to properly absorb CBD, so it can go directly into the bloodstream and produce immediate effects.
• For topical CBD products, we recommend cleaning the area with soap and water and then drying thoroughly with a clean towel before applying the product. Removing dust and grime accumulation on the skin reduces skin resistance, allowing your skin cells to absorb CBD better.
• For ingestible CBD, make sure you consume it with food, especially foods rich in good fats. This helps your cells absorb CBD better and increase its bioavailability.

Be sure to check out the product label of the other types of CBD products for their proper instructions.

 

Precautions in Using CBD Post-Surgery or Post-Illness

Like other health supplements or medications, there are also some precautions in using CBD after having had surgery or while recuperating from an illness.

• CBD has anticoagulant effects, so you may want to start using CBD a few days after your surgery. If you’re already using CBD, you may also need to stop using it a day or two before your surgery.
• CBD interacts with other medications, so before using CBD for post-surgery or post-illness problems, we recommend speaking with your primary care physician first especially if you’re taking maintenance medications or prescription drugs.
• CBD crosses the placental barrier and can even be passed to the baby through the mother’s milk. If you’re pregnant or nursing, be sure to let your doctor know before using CBD.

CBD is generally safe, but we always stress the importance of letting your doctor know before trying CBD products.

 

Where to Buy CBD Oil in Canada

It’s easy to buy CBD oil in Canada, but looking for a good brand may be tough. To be safe, always read reviews about the CBD brand and its products first. You should also only buy laboratory-tested CBD products with certificates of analysis.

We, at ICARIA, offer laboratory-tested CBD products. You can view their certificates of analysis on our website. We also value our customers’ health and safety, so we make sure to only use organic, 100% natural ingredients for our CBD products. Lastly, we also source our organically grown industrial hemp from certified law-compliant hemp farms in North America to ensure quality and safety.

If you want to know more about us, please feel free to contact us through our website. We’d love to hear from you!