Can I have acupuncture during pregnancy?

Acupuncture is a common technique in modern medicine. With the development and progress of medicine, people have mastered acupuncture to perfection. There are still many types of acupuncture methods, but you need to pay attention to whether a pregnant woman can have acupuncture. It still depends on the doctor's arrangement. You cannot give yourself acupuncture casually.

Acupuncture is not suitable for everyone. What are the people who are contraindicated for acupuncture?

1. Diabetic patients: Since the blood sugar of diabetic patients is relatively high, once a wound is formed, even a small acupuncture needle hole is not easy to heal. If you do not pay attention to the treatment of the needle hole or control your diet, it may cause infection of the wound or needle hole. Therefore, it is not suitable for diabetic patients to receive acupuncture.

2. People with coagulation disorders: For example, people with hemophilia, thrombocytopenic purpura and other diseases, because these people have a longer coagulation time or difficulty in coagulation, which leads to bleeding at the needle site. Therefore, people with coagulation disorders are not suitable for acupuncture.

3. Skin infections, ulcers, scars and tumors are not suitable for acupuncture;

4. Acupuncture is not suitable for people with leukemia.

Prevention of Acupuncture Accidents:

1. Acupuncture is not suitable for those who are too tired, highly stressed, or hungry. Acupuncture should be performed in the supine position as much as possible for the elderly and the weak, with fewer acupoints and gentle manipulation.

2. Pregnant women should not be subjected to too vigorous acupuncture. Acupuncture is prohibited on the abdomen, lumbar sacral area, and acupoints that can cause uterine contractions, such as Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Kunlun, and Zhiyin.

3. Needles are generally not left in children because they are uncooperative. It is forbidden to give needles to the fontanelle, Fengfu and Yamen acupoints of infants and young children.

4. Patients with bleeding diseases, or those who often have spontaneous bleeding and have difficulty stopping bleeding after injury should not be treated with acupuncture.

5. When acupuncture is performed in the eye area, chest and back, kidney area, neck, abdomen of patients with gastric ulcer, intestinal adhesion, intestinal obstruction, and pubic symphysis area of ​​patients with urinary retention, the depth and angle should be controlled. Direct puncture is prohibited to prevent accidental injury to important organs.

6. Acupuncture does have excellent therapeutic effects on certain diseases, but it is not a panacea. Especially for the treatment of some acute and serious diseases, comprehensive treatment should be adopted in a timely manner according to the situation, which can be more beneficial to the patient and give full play to the role of acupuncture.