What to do if you have a high fever during confinement

We all know that women's bodies are particularly weak after childbirth. The confinement period is often the best period for recuperation of the body. If the confinement period is done well, the body can recover faster. However, if you are not careful during the confinement period, various symptoms will appear. However, you have to breastfeed the baby and cannot take medicine if you are sick. This is also a very painful thing for women. So what should you do if you have a high fever during the confinement period?

What to do if you have a high fever during confinement

During the confinement period, if a mother has persistent fever or high fever and chills, accompanied by other related symptoms, it is called "postpartum fever". Within 1-2 days after delivery, the mother will often have a mild fever due to the sudden deficiency of yin and blood in the body. The body will naturally adjust after 2-3 days. Any fever other than this should be considered abnormal. But first we need to be clear about what is normal fever and what is abnormal fever, and then we can prescribe the right medicine.

Normal fever: During the postpartum period, the mother's body temperature is generally normal. If the labor process is too long, the physical exertion is too great, the mother is extremely tired or mentally stressed, the body temperature may rise slightly within one day after delivery, but generally not exceeding 38°C. After sufficient rest, the body temperature will return to normal within 24 hours. 3 to 4 days after delivery, when the mother begins to secrete large amounts of milk, her body temperature may rise slightly due to the expansion and filling of the blood and lymphatic vessels in the breast and the expansion of the breast, which usually only lasts for a few hours before dropping.

Abnormal fever: If the body temperature reaches or exceeds 38°C for two consecutive times between the 2nd and 10th days after delivery, it is abnormal and you should consider whether it is a puerperal infection.

Abnormal fever may mainly be caused by the following circumstances:

1. The vulva, vagina, cervix, perineal incision or laceration sutures are common sites of inflammation, often accompanied by local redness, swelling, heat and pain, wound cracking, abnormal secretions, and even a fishy odor. Sometimes the whole body will have a fever and an elevated white blood cell count.

2. Endometritis or myometritis often occurs 3 to 5 days after delivery. The lochia may be smelly or not. In mild cases, there may be low fever, increased lochia with a foul odor, abdominal distension, lower abdominal pain and tenderness. Severe cases are accompanied by fever, chills, lower abdominal tenderness or pain, and elevated white blood cell count.

3. Pelvic infection often presents with chills, high fever, lower abdominal pain, and deep pelvic tenderness about 5 days after delivery. It can cause pelvic abscess and even persistent high fever. Symptoms of pelvic peritonitis may include chills, high fever, severe abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, tense abdominal muscles, obvious tenderness and rebound pain, and may cause symptoms such as intestinal adhesions, diarrhea, tenesmus, and difficulty urinating.

4. Thrombophlebitis often occurs 7 to 10 days after delivery or surgery. People who are bedridden for a long time, the elderly and the obese are more susceptible to this disease. Patients present with periodic fever and persistent abdominal pain that radiates to the groin, upper abdomen, and costovertebral angle. Thrombophlebitis of the lower limbs is manifested by pain in the lower limbs. Due to obstructed blood flow, it can cause lower limb edema, pale skin, and cord-like tenderness of the lower limb veins. The temperature of the affected limb is higher than that of the contralateral side, and the course of the disease is long.

5. Fever caused by acute mastitis may be accompanied by local redness, swelling, pain, nodules, and even ulceration of the breast.

The above is an introduction to what to do if you have a high fever during confinement. After understanding it, we know that this phenomenon must be adjusted through diet. In addition, I hope that many women can pay great attention to themselves during the confinement period, and must pay attention to physical conditioning. During this period, you must also pay attention to keeping your body warm, and you must rest in bed more.