What should I do if I have a high fever during confinement?

During the confinement period, the mother's body is relatively weak and she is prone to fever. If not treated in time, it will develop into a high fever. If you have a high fever during confinement, you can try Chinese medicine treatment, combined with physical cooling methods.

Causes of puerperal fever: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the cause of postpartum fever is birth trauma and bleeding during delivery, which allow evil to invade the womb, causing a struggle between the righteous and the evil, and imbalance between the Ying and Wei systems, leading to fever; or postpartum blood loss damages the Qi, causing emptiness in all the meridians, and a tight defense system outside the body, which allows the body to be affected by the evil and cause fever.

.Treatment method 1: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment can use Chinese medicine that can clear away heat, detoxify, cool blood and remove blood stasis, such as Forsythia suspensa, honeysuckle, red peony root, moutan bark, red vine and dandelion. According to the patient's condition, select Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis for treatment, such as Wuwei Xiaodu Yin combined with Shenghua Tang, Dahuang Mudanpi Tang Jiawei, or Qingying Tang for symptomatic treatment.

Method 2: Take orally, strengthen nutrition, and provide sufficient vitamins. If there is severe anemia or the patient is weak, blood or human blood protein can be transfused to increase resistance.

Method three: Antibiotic treatment. Initially, broad-spectrum antibiotics are selected based on clinical manifestations and clinical experience, and adjustments are made based on the results of bacterial culture and drug sensitivity tests. Principles for the use of antibiotics: Broad-spectrum antibiotics should be selected, which can act on Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, aerobic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria.

Method 4: If the drainage is unobstructed and the risk of perineal infection is reduced, the wound should be removed in time to facilitate drainage. Take a sitz bath at least 2 times a day. If the fever persists and the abdominal symptoms and signs do not improve after 48-72 hours of antibiotic treatment, spread of infection or abscess formation should be considered.

Method 5: Treatment of thrombophlebitis: (1) Anticoagulant therapy. Patients with localized superficial phlebitis generally do not need anticoagulant therapy. However, patients with extensive or progressive superficial phlebitis and deep vein thrombosis should be given anticoagulant therapy. If the pain is severe, give analgesics. Patients with inflammation can be treated with antibiotics, and suppurative thrombophlebitis should be treated with large amounts of antibiotics. (2) Patients who have developed thrombophlebitis need to stay in bed and raise their limbs 30 degrees until the pain and edema disappear.