Does rheumatism affect pregnancy?

Rheumatism is a very troublesome disease because it is difficult to cure. People often feel severe pain in their knees and joints on cloudy and rainy days. There are many things that women need to pay attention to when they are pregnant. If you don't treat yourself carefully, it may affect your child. Therefore, many people worry whether their rheumatism will affect pregnancy. Let's take a look at whether rheumatism has any impact on pregnancy.

Pregnant women with mild rheumatoid arthritis should be appropriately cautious, but there is no need to worry about it because rheumatoid arthritis has little effect on reproductive organs and reproductive functions.

But we should still pay attention to three issues.

1. About 70% of women with rheumatoid arthritis can improve their condition during pregnancy, and most of them will have their condition relieved within 3 months of pregnancy. Despite this, the disease can fluctuate during pregnancy, and most patients whose disease is stable during pregnancy will relapse after delivery. Therefore, medication during pregnancy is very important for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

2. For non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, their use must be strictly limited in the first 3 months of pregnancy and the late pregnancy, and can be used when necessary in the second trimester of pregnancy. It is best to use drugs with a short half-life during breastfeeding. Cytotoxic drugs such as methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, gold preparations, D-penicillin, and tripterygium wilfordii are prohibited during pregnancy.

3. In addition to specialized medications, patients with rheumatoid arthritis should use other medications under the guidance of a doctor.

Patients who are preparing to become mothers also need to be reminded that multiple pregnancies and childbirths in women with rheumatoid arthritis can damage the pelvic ligaments and reduce overall nutritional status and resistance, which is not conducive to controlling the disease. Therefore, more attention should be paid to reducing the number of pregnancies and childbirths. If there is pelvic joint ankylosis or the hip joint cannot be fully abducted during delivery, a cesarean section may be performed.