How to treat postpartum cold

Postpartum refers to the period of rest for women after giving birth, also known as confinement. Physical care of women during the confinement period is very critical. Generally, they need to rest in bed. They also need to pay more attention to their daily life after delivery and avoid being exposed to cold. Since the body is very weak after delivery and the pores of the body are open, it is very difficult to treat cold. It can be regulated through diet. You can eat more foods that dispel cold and replenish qi.

How to treat postpartum cold?

The cold you suffer after childbirth is probably due to your weakness, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, and catching a cold. In this case, you need to treat your spontaneous sweating and night sweats first. Spontaneous sweating can be caused by yang deficiency or night sweats due to yin deficiency.

Guidance:

Solve the problems of spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and then warm the meridians and collaterals, dispel cold and dampness. Replenish qi and nourish blood. Hurry up and see a Chinese doctor, take herbal medicine, it will be more difficult to cure if you wait too long.

Postpartum precautions

1. After delivery, ask family members to help clean the birth canal with cold boiled water, pay attention to hygiene, change the maternity pad frequently, and pay attention to the amount of bleeding, which should not exceed the normal menstrual volume.

2. Develop the habit of defecating on time after delivery. If urine and feces cannot be discharged in time, it is easy to cause urinary retention and constipation.

3. You can drink water and eat food after a normal delivery, and you can eat normally after 24 hours; you cannot eat or drink water within 6 hours after a caesarean section, and you can drink a small amount of water or carrot soup after 6 hours. After ventilation, you can eat porridge, soft noodles and other light foods.

4. You cannot eat immediately after the operation. You can drink some gas-relieving soups, such as carrot soup, six hours after the operation to enhance intestinal motility, promote gas discharge, reduce bloating, and also replenish water in the body. It is forbidden to eat foods that produce a lot of gas through fermentation, such as sugar, soybeans, soy milk, and starchy foods.

5. If the physical condition allows, the mother should get up and walk around as soon as possible to promote postoperative recovery, expel gas as soon as possible, and prevent intestinal adhesion and thrombosis from causing embolism in other parts of the body.

6. After delivery, the baby should be fed with breast milk in time, because the baby's sucking can promote uterine contraction, reduce uterine bleeding, and make the wound heal as soon as possible.

7. Communicate well with your husband and avoid having sex too early after giving birth. Having sex too early can cause secondary damage to the uterus that has not fully recovered.

8. Go to the hospital for regular checkups after delivery to ensure that your body has returned to normal.

9. Pay attention to the posture when holding the baby. Hold the head and neck with one hand and support the little butt with the other hand, because the baby's cervical spine is not well developed and this can provide protection. After each feeding, hold the baby upright and pat his burp, and then let the baby sleep on the right side, so that it is not easy to spit up milk. Do not shake or rock the baby while holding him, as the newborn's head is not well developed and is prone to intracranial hemorrhage.