Why are the lips of pregnant women white?

Women are weak after giving birth, so they may suffer from some unexpected diseases. No matter what disease we suffer from, we should not panic and face it with the calmest attitude, so that the disease can get better as soon as possible. So why do mothers have pale lips? There are many reasons, and we should analyze them according to the actual situation. Let us learn about them together.

Pale lips are not necessarily a sign of disease. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, if the lips appear thick or pale, and there are no other discomfort symptoms in the body, it is generally considered to be a manifestation of "getting angry". This condition often leads to an unpleasant odor in the mouth or even bad breath. Therefore, it is recommended that you use a toothbrush to gently brush your tongue coating when brushing your teeth, and it is best to eat light food. In addition, if this situation persists for a long time, you should go to the oral department of the hospital, because white tongue coating may also be a symptom of gastrointestinal disease.

Lips that are too white are mostly caused by cold symptoms, thin and slippery lips are mostly caused by exogenous wind-cold, thick, white and slippery lips are mostly caused by cold and dampness or cold phlegm. However, clinically, white tongue coating is also seen in cases of internal syndrome and heat syndrome. According to modern tongue diagnosis research, white tongue coating can mainly appear in the following situations:

First, in addition to being seen in healthy people, lips are often seen in mild illnesses, the initial onset of superficial symptoms, and the recovery period of the disease. Because the internal pathological changes in the body are not obvious, the changes in the lips are also close to normal thin white lips.

During the recovery period of various diseases, although yellow tongue coating, black tongue coating or red and peeled tongue may appear in severe stages of various diseases, as the disease improves and the spleen and stomach's vital energy recovers, the lips can still turn into a thin white color.

Some diseases that only have complaints but no organic lesions, such as neurasthenia, gastrointestinal neurosis, etc., will cause the lips to become pale and thin.

Early stage of the disease or local lesions, local lesions that affect the whole body, such as adolescent goiter, trauma, tinea pedis, plum pit qi, early breast cancer, cervical cancer, etc. Due to the lack of symptoms or limited lesions in the early stage, it has not yet affected the blood circulation in the whole body and reflected on the tongue, so the lips are still thin and white, which is within the normal range. But if the disease progresses, changes may also appear in the lips.

Initial onset of exterior syndrome: such as upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, early stage of pneumonia, etc., often with white tongue coating.

Second, white tongue coating may appear in patients with water retention or phlegm in the body. Clinically, it is common in patients with certain pleural effusions, ascites, chronic nephritis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc., who have dampness or phlegm retention in the body, causing thick white or greasy white tongue coating. From the perspective of modern medicine, it may be due to excessive saliva secretion in the mouth and increased sputum secretion in the trachea, which soften the keratinized cells or parakeratinized cells of the tongue, causing the cells to swell and not easily fall off; coupled with tongue tissue edema and lymphatic drainage disorders, the old keratinized cells on the tongue surface do not fall off while new keratinized cells accumulate, so the tongue is swollen and the tongue coating is thick and greasy white.

Pale lips of the parturient indicate that her body is not very healthy, and she must take correct and reasonable measures to solve the problem in time. Of course, this is only one aspect. For women who have just given birth, it is not enough to just do this. They must also pay attention to dietary issues. It is also more scientific to recuperate the body from all aspects.