What causes leg pain in pregnant women?

Women will experience some adverse reactions after becoming pregnant, but sometimes we cannot judge them correctly. Many people think that leg pain during pregnancy is a joint disease, but it is actually one of the pregnancy reactions. Let’s talk about it below.

Leg pain in early pregnancy is a common symptom during pregnancy, known as osteomuscular-articular syndrome of pregnancy. Its common symptoms and causes are mainly the following:

1. Body aches

When a normal human body stands at attention, the body's center of gravity maintains balance front, back, left and right due to the coordination of various muscle and ligament groups. During pregnancy, as the uterus gradually expands, the abdomen swells, and the body's center of gravity moves forward, the relevant muscles and ligaments will inevitably increase the load and tension in order to maintain the front and back balance of the body. Therefore, the muscle movements change from natural to conscious. Some pregnant women who are often in this state of tension may easily feel tired and have muscle soreness.

Therefore, women during pregnancy should be aware of the changes in physiology and anatomy. Appropriate exercise is appropriate, but they should also rest more and try to do less or avoid heavy physical labor.

2. Hand pain

During pregnancy, some women experience paresthesias or pain in the tips of their thumbs, index fingers, and middle fingers. The pain usually occurs at night and sometimes radiates to the elbows and shoulders, and may be unilateral or bilateral. These symptoms are medically called carpal tunnel syndrome, which is mainly caused by physiological water and sodium retention during pregnancy, which causes local edema in the carpal tunnel of the wrist and compression of the nerves. Symptoms usually begin to ease in the late stages of pregnancy and usually heal on their own after delivery.

3. Lower back pain

Low back pain often occurs in the last three months of pregnancy, mainly caused by two diseases, one is pelvic pain syndrome, the other is dense sacroiliitis, rather than any kidney deficiency.