Why does my right leg always feel numb after a cesarean section?

After a cesarean section, you need to stay in bed for a long time and cannot get out of bed for a short period of time to avoid damaging the wound. However, if you lie in bed for a long time, you will feel a lot of discomfort, such as numbness in the legs. For this problem, you can take massage and leg exercises to relieve it. In addition, you can get out of bed and move around in advance. Why do leg numbness symptoms occur after a cesarean section?

Why does my right leg always feel numb after a cesarean section?

Lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis is a common peripheral neuropathy. Its clinical manifestations are crawling sensation, numbness or pain on the outer skin of one or both thighs, which may be aggravated by standing or walking for too long; local skin sensation is decreased or allergic, but there is no muscle atrophy or movement disorder. The disease is more common in middle-aged men, and the onset is slow and gradual. Patients feel needle-like pain in the skin of the anterior and lateral thighs, accompanied by abnormal sensations such as crawling sensation, burning, coldness, numbness, etc. The pain is intermittent at the beginning, gradually becomes continuous, and sometimes the pain can be very severe. Paresthesias may be aggravated by friction from clothing, forceful movements, or prolonged standing or walking. The first step in treatment is to identify the primary disease and actively treat it to relieve stimulation to the nerve. In addition, symptomatic treatment can be given with vitamins B1, B2, B12 or corticosteroids to nourish the nerves and eliminate inflammation. If the pain is severe, analgesics or local blockade can be given. For patients with severe and difficult-to-relieve conditions and whose etiology is unknown, surgery to cut the nerves or perform neurolysis can be performed.

This situation may be caused by maintaining the same posture for a long time after childbirth, which leads to poor local blood circulation. It is recommended that you get out of bed and move around appropriately. Do not think that you should lie down all the time during the confinement period. Also, the sitting time should not be too long. Change your posture. You can use some hot towels to warm it up. If this phenomenon still occurs after a full month, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination in time.

Don't worry, this phenomenon also occurs normally after childbirth. Generally speaking, you can recover after the puerperium, which lasts for 6 weeks. Except for milk secretion, all organs return to their pre-pregnancy state. Although losing weight during confinement is not recommended, you can consider a weight loss plan based on your own situation after the postpartum period. You can lose weight gradually after 2 months after delivery, and gradually control it through exercise and improved diet structure. You can exercise through swimming, yoga, jogging, etc.