What to do if pregnant women sweat

We all know that conceiving a child is a rather difficult thing. The delivery process is also particularly harmful to women's bodies. Women will always consume most of their body's energy during delivery, and they will also lose blood in their bodies. Therefore, it is quite common for postpartum women to sweat profusely. Don't be too anxious or worried when such symptoms occur. Try to adjust your diet, which can effectively improve symptoms such as postpartum sweating. Let's understand what to do when postpartum women sweat profusely.

Causes of postpartum sweating

Due to excessive bleeding and excessive consumption after childbirth, women suffer from insufficient Qi and blood in the body, feel weak, fatigued, and are prone to postpartum night sweats. Mild night sweats are caused by changes in hormones in women's bodies after giving birth. Water is retained in the body and needs to be excreted through sweating. This is a way for the body to adjust after giving birth.

Excessive sweating after childbirth is a problem that all new mothers will encounter. Most of the time it is physiological sweating, so there is no need to worry too much. Just do daily care.

If night sweats occur within a week after delivery, it is because there is too much water in the mother's body. Through endocrine and neural regulation, the sweat glands can maintain vigorous secretion function and discharge excess water from the body. It is physiological postpartum night sweats. If night sweats last for a long time, even for several months, one should consider that the mother’s physical condition is too weak after childbirth. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is premature yin deficiency. It is pathological postpartum night sweats. This is easy to understand. When a normal person has been tired for several days, he will find himself sweating when he wakes up from a sleep, which is what we usually call physical weakness.

What to do if pregnant women sweat

The reason why new mothers sweat so much is that after pregnancy, hormones in the body change, especially the estrogen content in the body gradually increases with the extension of pregnancy, which can cause more sodium, potassium and chlorine retention in the tissues, and therefore water retention in the body; after pregnancy, the estrogen level in the body will drop quickly, and other body systems and endocrine functions will gradually return to a non-pregnant state, and excess water and electrolytes in the body will be excreted. The main routes of excretion are the kidneys and skin, and the skin's excretion function is particularly strong, which is manifested as increased sweating. In medicine, this physiological phenomenon is called puerperal sweat. Therefore, excessive sweating in new mothers after childbirth is not pathological, nor a sign of physical weakness, but a physiological self-regulation, and just one of the ways to excrete excess water in the body. For those with short-term puerperal sweat, it will take several days, while for those with long-term puerperal sweat, it will gradually improve in half a month and no special treatment is needed. After sweating profusely, drink more water, change pants frequently, keep warm, and be careful to prevent colds. In addition, you should pay attention to maintaining appropriate indoor temperature and humidity to keep the air fresh and flowing.

Normally, postpartum night sweats are a manifestation of the body's self-regulation and do not require special treatment. Just pay attention to replenishing water in time and wipe off sweat immediately after sweating to avoid catching a cold after catching cold. Pay attention to ventilation in the room at ordinary times, and try to choose loose and sweat-absorbent fabrics for the mother's clothes. Mothers should be careful not to catch cold. At this time, their body resistance is relatively poor, they sweat a lot, and they are easily caught a cold if blown by the wind.

If postpartum night sweats are severe, it is caused by physical weakness and needs to be treated. You can use 20 grams of Astragalus, 15 grams of Atractylodes, and 10 grams of Saposhnikovia, decoct them together in water and take one dose per day. The most important thing is that women should pay attention to getting more rest, eating a healthy diet, replenishing their body's nutrition, and avoiding excessive fatigue after giving birth. If night sweats become severe, seek treatment immediately and do not ignore it, as severe night sweats can also cause other diseases.

How to prevent postpartum women from sweating

Since postpartum night sweats are a common phenomenon in women after giving birth, female friends should pay special attention to this aspect after giving birth. They should eat a reasonable diet and regulate their bodies to enhance their body resistance and prevent postpartum night sweats. After giving birth, women should drink more water to promote metabolism and excrete excess water from the body as soon as possible. In addition, if postpartum night sweats are caused by yin deficiency in the body, female friends can take some Chinese medicine appropriately after delivery to regulate the yin deficiency in the body and replenish qi and blood. Of course, the use of Chinese medicine must follow the doctor's instructions.

After understanding what to do when a postpartum woman sweats profusely, it is also crucial for family members to provide care when a postpartum woman has such symptoms. She should eat more foods that are nourishing to the body, such as drinking more chicken soup or fish soup. However, it is worth noting that postpartum women need to stay in confinement after giving birth, and special attention should be paid to their diet during this period. Try to eat less salt and eat more foods that aid digestion.