How long does postpartum joint pain return to normal, and what medicine does postpartum leakage take for treatment?

How long does postpartum joint pain return to normal, and what medicine does postpartum leakage take for treatment? As we all know, giving birth to a child is happy for pregnant mothers, and the process of childbirth is also very painful. Then, the postpartum mother will feel uncomfortable. At this time, the joints will hurt. So, what about postpartum joint pain? Let's get to know each other.

How long does postpartum joint pain return to normal?

(1) nerve compression. During pregnancy, the water circulating in the body increases as a whole. Therefore, the ligaments in the wrist and other places appear edema, which compresses the nerve channel that dominates the fingers-the median nerve, so you will feel numbness and pain, thus causing carpal tunnel syndrome.

(2) Vitamin B 12 is insufficient. Lack of this vitamin can cause peripheral nerve disorder and joint numbness and pain.

(3) If the parturient does housework too early after delivery, or holds the baby for too long, or touches cold water, it will overload the joints, tendons and ligaments, causing wrist and finger joint pain and suffering from the most common "mother's wrist", which is also called "wrist stenosis tendon bursitis" clinically. Its symptoms are: swelling and pain at the bottom of the thumb of the expectant mother, which leads to inconvenience in thumb or wrist movement; When grasping, holding, twisting and pinching, it will cause or aggravate wrist pain, and even affect sleep in severe cases; Sometimes, like neuralgia, the pain will go up to the arm and down to the end of the thumb.

(4) During confinement, postpartum mothers rarely get out of bed and walk around because of reduced activities, which will also weaken the fat pad on the heel, and its support for weight and buffering effect on vibration during exercise will be greatly weakened.

(5) Chinese medicine believes that postpartum joint pain is related to postpartum blood deficiency, blood stasis, or retention of pathogenic wind, cold and dampness. Deficiency of blood leads to malnutrition of bones, bones and joints of limbs, blood stasis leads to obstruction of qi and blood circulation, and pathogenic wind, cold and dampness invade the skin, meridians and joints, obstructing qi and blood circulation, all of which can cause postpartum joint pain.

What about postpartum joint pain?

1. Pregnant mothers should pay attention to the cool wind blowing directly on their bodies when they are confinement, especially not directly blowing on air conditioners and electric fans because of gluttony; Pay attention to keep warm after delivery, add clothes according to the weather changes, and avoid the body joints from catching cold.

2. Be sure to rest more during the month, minimize housework and avoid muscle, joint, tendon and nerve damage; Pay attention to posture when nursing and holding the baby.

3. Eat more foods containing calcium, such as milk and bone soup. On sunny days, going outdoors to bask in the sun is also good for calcium supplementation.

4, proper exercise, such as some soothing exercise, can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, let the joints adapt slowly and restore vitality.

5. folk prescription: mash ginger or hot rice with salt, apply it directly to the joints, cover it with plastic wrap, and take it off the next morning. Its function is to dispel wind and cold, and promote blood circulation and metabolism around joints.

6. If the effect of the above methods is not obvious, pregnant mothers can find professional technicians for moxibustion massage, and they can also soak their feet with Chinese herbal medicines when they are fine, which will help relieve joint pain.