What causes stomach burning during pregnancy?

After a woman becomes pregnant, her body will experience many adverse reactions. Some women experience a burning sensation in their stomach. This situation has a great impact on pregnant women, and they may not want to eat. In the long run, it is not good for the baby and your own health, so it is necessary to find out the cause in time and then treat it in time. The following is a detailed introduction to the reasons why pregnant women have a burning sensation in the stomach.

As the pregnancy progresses, the diaphragm will move up and squeeze the stomach above, causing stomach discomfort and a burning sensation. Drug treatment is not recommended for pregnant women. They can pay attention to eating easily digestible food in the near future, and do appropriate exercise to increase gastrointestinal motility. They can also massage the abdomen clockwise to keep bowel movements smooth.

How to relieve stomach pain in pregnant women

1. Don’t be too nervous and reduce your food intake appropriately

First of all, there is no need to be nervous and pregnant women should appropriately reduce their diet, especially foods with high sugar content.

2. Eat some cornmeal porridge

Pregnant women can eat some cornmeal porridge. If the digestion is OK, you can add some millet porridge or yam porridge (rice and yam in half, cut the yam into smaller pieces, and the cooking time must be longer, more than 15 minutes longer than the usual boiling time). Try not to eat pure rice porridge. Do not add any additional ingredients to the porridge at will, but you can add some dates appropriately. The diet should be light, and after the stomach pain symptoms are alleviated, high-calorie and high-nutrition foods can be gradually added.

3. You can use some antacids, and semi-sitting position can also relieve pain

If the expectant mother often suffers from stomach pain at night, she can ask the doctor to prescribe some antacids to take before going to bed. When the pain is unbearable, taking a semi-sitting position can relieve the pain. Generally, this symptom will gradually disappear after 3 months of pregnancy.

4. White Peony Root and Roasted Licorice Decoction

If the stomach pain symptoms are relatively severe, you can use 20 grams of white peony root and 10 grams of roasted licorice to make a decoction and take it, one dose per day, decocting each dose three times and taking it in three times. Heat it appropriately before each dose.

5. Rub Zusanli

When a pregnant woman has stomach pain, you can use your thumbs to massage the Zusanli acupoints on both legs of the patient. The location of the Zusanli point is four finger widths below the outer kneecap and one finger width on the outer side of the tibia. After the feeling of soreness, numbness and distension lasts for 35 minutes, the stomach pain will be significantly alleviated or even disappear.