What to do if your joints hurt after giving birth

Many women experience joint pain after giving birth, which is caused by different physical conditions of many people. There are many solutions to this phenomenon, but we must also solve this problem based on specific circumstances. In life, we may encounter joint pain after giving birth, which is a very tricky problem. So we should all have a certain understanding of this phenomenon. Let’s learn about how to solve joint pain after giving birth.

The 6 weeks after delivery is called the puerperium. Sometimes women will experience limb and muscle pain, numbness, limited movement, etc., which is called postpartum arthralgia or postpartum gout and is usually sudden. The common cause of this disease is that in order to adapt to the physiological changes of the delivery process in the late pregnancy, the pubic symphysis and sacroiliac joints are slightly separated, the joints become loose, and pain in the waist and legs may occur.

In addition, limb pain symptoms may also occur due to calcium deficiency during pregnancy or improper limb force during delivery. The body's resistance is reduced after childbirth, and arthritis may also cause joint pain. You need to go to the hospital for further examination and testing, focusing on whether you have diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, etc., in order to make a clear diagnosis. If necessary, you can adopt traditional Chinese medicine treatment.

In addition, it is recommended that women in the postpartum period pay attention to strengthening nutrition, doing some adaptive activities, paying attention to indoor temperature and humidity in winter and spring, and avoiding cold, so as to facilitate a speedy recovery.

From this we can see that after giving birth, we must pay attention to our life during the confinement period and pay close attention to changes in our body, because this is a more serious problem. In other words, if you do something that you shouldn’t do during the confinement period, it will easily lead to other diseases. Therefore, female friends must pay attention that confinement is a very critical period.