How long does a postpartum woman usually sweat?

The body of a postpartum woman is very fragile and can easily be troubled by diseases. Because she has gone through the childbirth process and consumed a lot of energy, her resistance to various diseases also decreases, which can cause great harm to the body. The symptom of night sweats is the most common symptom among postpartum women. Let's take a look at how long the night sweats usually last for postpartum women? I hope everyone can understand.

Regardless of the temperature or whether the weather is hot or not, new mothers always sweat a lot in the first few days after delivery, especially when sleeping and when just waking up, their clothes and quilts are often soaked with sweat. The reason why new mothers sweat so much is that after pregnancy, the hormones in the body change, especially the estrogen content in the body gradually increases with the extension of pregnancy, which can cause more sodium, potassium and chloride retention in the tissues, and therefore water retention in the body; after delivery, the estrogen level in the body will drop rapidly, and other body systems and endocrine functions will gradually return to the non-pregnancy state, and excess water and electrolytes in the body will be excreted. The main routes of excretion are the kidneys and skin, and the skin's excretion function is particularly strong, which is manifested as increased sweating.

In medicine, this physiological phenomenon is called puerperal sweat. Therefore, excessive sweating in new mothers after childbirth is not pathological, nor a sign of physical weakness, but a physiological self-regulation, and just one of the ways to excrete excess water in the body. For those with short-term puerperal sweat, it will take several days, while for those with long-term puerperal sweat, it will gradually improve in half a month and no special treatment is needed. After sweating profusely, drink more water, change underwear frequently, keep warm, and be careful to prevent colds. In addition, you should pay attention to maintaining appropriate indoor temperature and humidity to keep the air fresh and flowing.

After pregnancy, the blood volume in the body increases, causing a large amount of water to accumulate in the pregnant woman's body. After delivery, the metabolic and endocrine activities of the mother are significantly reduced, and the body no longer needs so much circulating blood. The accumulated water becomes redundant and must be discharged from the body to reduce the burden on the heart and facilitate the comprehensive recovery of the body after delivery. Therefore, during the delivery period, not only does the amount of urine increase, but the sympathetic nerve excitability that controls the activity of the sweat glands also prevails, and the secretory activity of the sweat glands is enhanced. This makes the mother sweat all over her body regardless of whether it is winter or spring or autumn.