What causes postpartum finger joint pain?

During pregnancy, the body's hormones often undergo a series of changes, so there may be some adverse symptoms after delivery, and finger joint pain is a common one. So what causes it?

What are the causes of postpartum finger joint pain? Abnormal hormone levels during pregnancy and childbirth can induce many diseases, including some immune diseases that cause joint pain. The following is a detailed introduction:

Causes of postpartum finger joint pain

(1) Nerve compression. During pregnancy, there is an overall increase in the amount of water circulating in the body. Therefore, the ligaments in the wrist and other parts become edematous, compressing the nerve channel that controls the fingers, the median nerve, causing numbness and pain, which causes carpal tunnel syndrome.

(2) Vitamin B12 deficiency. Lack of this vitamin can cause peripheral nerve disorders and lead to numbness and pain in the joints.

(3) If a mother does housework too early or too much after giving birth, or holds the baby for too long, or is exposed to cold water, it will overload the joints, tendons and ligaments, causing pain in the wrists and finger joints, and the most common "mom's wrist", which is clinically also known as "narrowing tendon bursitis of the wrist." The symptoms are: swelling and pain at the base of the mother's thumb, which makes it difficult to move the thumb or wrist; grasping, gripping, twisting, pinching and other actions will cause or aggravate wrist pain, and in severe cases it will affect sleep; the pain is sometimes like neuralgia, which will spread up to the arm and down to the end of the thumb.

(4) During the confinement period, postpartum mothers have less activity and even rarely get out of bed to walk. This will cause the fat pad in the heel to degenerate due to disuse and become weak. Its role in supporting body weight and cushioning vibrations during exercise will be greatly weakened.