Why do I have dull abdominal pain after giving birth?

After giving birth, a woman's body will feel as if a heavy burden has been lifted off her body and will obviously become more relaxed. However, at this time, the body is still very weak and can be easily stimulated by external factors, causing pain to women. The first few days after a woman gives birth are the weakest stage of her body. Most women will obviously feel many discomforts in their bodies at this time. For example, why do they have a dull pain in the abdomen after giving birth?

Causes

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that postpartum abdominal pain is mostly caused by poor circulation of Qi and blood, which is usually divided into two types: blood stasis in the cell organs and deficiency of both Qi and blood. Postpartum abdominal pain, if the pain is caused by excessive blood loss, it is blood deficiency pain; if it is caused by insufficient lochia loss and blood stasis, it is excess pain; if the pain is caused by food, the patient will suffer from aversion to food and bloating; if the pain is caused by wind and cold entering the uterus, the patient will suffer from cold pain.

1. Blood stasis and blockage of cell organs

Most of the time it is due to poor circulation of qi and blood after childbirth, and stagnation of blood. It may be due to postpartum blood loss, emptiness of all meridians, lack of blood and weak qi, resulting in poor blood flow and stagnation; it may also be due to postpartum weakness, which allows cold evil to enter the body, causing blood to coagulate due to cold, and blood stasis inside the body, which causes pain due to blood obstruction.

2. Deficiency of Qi and Blood

It may be due to blood deficiency, or excessive blood loss during delivery, Chong and Ren meridians are empty, the uterine vessels are malnourished, or Qi and blood are weak, blood circulation is weak, blood flow is not smooth, and there is pain. It may also be due to careless daily life after delivery, cold evil takes advantage of the opportunity to enter, or eating raw and cold food, blood is cold and coagulated, or postpartum emotions are not smooth, liver Qi is stagnates, Qi stagnation and blood stasis, or postpartum lochia is not excreted smoothly.

Postpartum abdominal pain is mostly caused by blood stasis and cold, but there are also cases where excessive blood loss causes the uterus to lose nourishment, resulting in dull pain, emptiness, and light-colored lochia. This should be treated with tonic methods. Prevent postpartum hemorrhage during delivery, do not eat raw or cold food after delivery, pay attention to keeping warm, and keep your emotions in a good mood. Taking 3 to 5 doses of Shenghua Tang immediately after delivery can reduce or prevent the occurrence of this disease.

prevention

1. Postpartum abdominal pain is more common in multiparous women, so family planning should be done well.

2. Mothers should eliminate fear and mental tension after delivery, and keep warm. They can take ginger and brown sugar soup after delivery, but avoid drinking cold water and catching cold.

3. Closely observe the contraction of the uterus and pay attention to the height of the uterine fundus and changes in lochia. If there is any suspected placenta or afterbirth residue, it should be checked and treated promptly.