Why is the pregnant woman feeling cold all over?

Many women will stay in confinement after giving birth. The main thing during the confinement period is to take care of your body. However, some women experience chills all over their body. Do you know what is going on? In fact, this situation has a lot to do with the physical weakness of the mother. It is best to eat more nourishing foods in daily life. If there is no improvement, go to the hospital for a check-up.

For women, it may be caused by the following reasons: 1. Gastrointestinal dysfunction or physical weakness, low ability of the body to dissipate heat, low resistance, poor ability to resist cold, and therefore easy to feel cold. 2. Women who are in a state of nutritional deficiency for a long time and suffer from anemia, hypotension or hypothyroidism may also suffer from poor local and systemic blood circulation, especially peripheral circulation disorders in the limbs, leading to autonomic nervous system dysfunction and causing a feeling of coldness. 3. Improper diet, eating too much raw and cold food in summer, depleting Yang energy and reducing the body's metabolic function, making it easy to feel cold in autumn and winter. 4. Staying still and moving less will cause blood circulation to be too slow and the heat production capacity to be insufficient, which will also aggravate the feeling of cold in winter.

3 ways to treat postpartum discomfort

Physical weakness

Excessive blood loss, force, pain, and trauma during childbirth will lead to the depletion of Qi, blood, and body fluids. Even if you have a healthy constitution, you will feel unprecedented weakness. Weakness can bring a series of uncomfortable symptoms, such as dizziness, sweating, constipation, difficulty urinating, etc.

Conditioning method:

Chinese herbal diet can help new mothers recover as soon as possible. Under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine, you can choose to cook porridge or soup with Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Angelica sinensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Lycium barbarum, yam, longan, walnut kernels, black sesame, lotus seeds, etc.

Blood stasis

During childbirth, the blood vessels in the uterus are damaged, causing blood congestion, retention of old blood, and stagnation of menstrual qi. This results in symptoms of blood stasis such as abdominal pain, hard and full lower abdomen, and retained lochia.

Conditioning method:

Regular self-massage of the abdomen can promote blood circulation; you can also use peach kernels, rice wine, roses, Panax notoginseng, cockscomb, etc. for dietary therapy.

Weak and susceptible

Due to weak Qi and blood, the body's ability to adapt to the environment decreases. Postpartum women are often afraid of cold and wind, and are prone to colds, cold and painful joints.

Conditioning method:

In the past, many postpartum taboos among the people were formed based on this point, so new mothers should still look at these taboos scientifically. It’s not that you can’t take a bath or wash your hair, but the water temperature must be moderate. Avoid exposing your body to cold wind and avoid taking a tub bath. You can go out during the confinement period as long as the temperature is suitable, but you cannot sweat and should wear an extra coat as much as possible. You can also brush your teeth, but use warm water, and try to use warm water when doing housework.