How to relieve panic in pregnant women

In the early stages of pregnancy, many pregnant women experience symptoms such as panic and fatigue, which are caused by the changes in male hormones in the body during pregnancy. The key to reducing panic is to rest more. So, let's take a look at what to do if you feel anxious during early pregnancy. How can pregnant women reduce anxiety? Let's have a simple understanding of this issue. I hope the following points will be helpful to everyone!

How to reduce panic in pregnant women

1. Prepare for pregnancy by increasing exercise, strengthening heart function, and fully preparing for pregnancy.

2. Relax your mentality and understand that occasional panic and chest tightness are just a normal symptom of pregnancy. As long as the prenatal check-up is normal, there is no need to worry too much.

3. Exercise moderately during pregnancy, but it is best to choose a relatively gentle walk. If the amount of exercise increases dramatically, it may increase the burden on the heart.

4. Eat a balanced diet and balance nutrition to reduce the extra burden on the heart caused by overload during pregnancy.

5. Pay attention to indoor ventilation to avoid pregnant mothers being in a crowded, enclosed, and oxygen-deficient environment.

6. Pay attention and observe. If you feel tachycardia or difficulty breathing, especially if you are a pregnant woman with a history of heart disease, you must go to the hospital immediately to avoid serious injuries.

7. In the early stages of pregnancy, pregnant women need to arrange a proper schedule of work and rest. It is best to have a 1-2 hour nap during the day.

It is quite common to feel anxious and chest tightness during pregnancy. It is probably caused by excessive burden during pregnancy and relatively insufficient blood circulation. You can check your blood pressure. If you have postural hypotension or other conditions, you can eat more salty foods, drink more water, and increase blood flow, which will be helpful to a certain extent. Palpitations and chest tightness during pregnancy are sometimes related to anemia. For patients with anemia, copper tablets can be used as supplementary treatment. If you feel anxious or chest tightness during pregnancy, you also need to be diagnosed with heart disease. Generally, you need to have a cardiac B-ultrasound examination to observe relative indicators such as ejection fraction. If there are special conditions such as heart failure, you need combined medical treatment.

Causes of panic in early pregnancy

The early stages of pregnancy are a period of rapid growth and development of the fetus. The various changes in the mother and the growth of the fetus increase the workload of tissues and organs throughout the body. Due to faster metabolism, more CO2 is required. Therefore, pregnant women increase the ventilation volume of the lungs by increasing their breathing to obtain sufficient CO2 and expel carbon dioxide. The CO2 exchanged in the bronchi is transmitted to tissues, organs and embryos through the blood circulation.

In addition, due to some early pregnancy symptoms and early pregnancy reactions, the discomfort caused leads to poor appetite, nutritional imbalance, and anemia symptoms in pregnant mothers, which in turn causes panic symptoms in early pregnancy.

During pregnancy, the mother's blood flow increases compared to the non-pregnant average; the increase in blood volume far exceeds the increase in blood cells, resulting in the so-called physiological anemia of pregnancy, which leads to a decrease in the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity. In addition, the enlarged uterus causes the heart to move upward and to the left, and the heart works under poor conditions.

All these factors increase the load on the heart. The body completes excessive work by increasing heart rate and cardiac output, and generally no symptoms will occur. However, when the amount of exercise is a little more, the demand for CO2 increases, and the burden on the heart and lungs is further increased, panic and shortness of breath are likely to occur.