Why do I feel particularly thirsty during confinement?

For most women, having a baby is a relatively important thing, because with a baby a family will become more complete. One of the most important things after giving birth is confinement. So why do you feel particularly thirsty during confinement? First of all, you need to check if you have any diseases. If not, think of other methods. Next, let us understand why you feel particularly thirsty during confinement.

During childbirth, the mother's body loses a lot of body fluids, such as blood, sweat, saliva, etc.; after childbirth, she is prone to sweating. After a large amount of body water is lost, it will transmit signals to the brain through the central nervous system, causing a feeling of thirst. Hormones released during breastfeeding can cause dry mouth in mothers. Breast milk is composed of water and a variety of nutrients, and 700-800 ml can be produced every day. Therefore, during breastfeeding, there will be more water "loss". Therefore, it is particularly necessary to replenish a lot of water, or drink more fresh fish soup, chicken soup, fresh milk and boiled water.

1. Clinical manifestations

60% of new mothers always feel thirsty, but the severity of the feeling varies depending on the individual situation. 15% of new mothers experience a very strong feeling of thirst, and no matter what they drink or how much they drink, the symptom of thirst cannot be improved.

2. Differential Diagnosis

1. If you experience unbearable dry mouth and weight loss while breastfeeding, you should consider whether you have diabetes or hyperthyroidism. Many diabetic patients experience a sharp increase in urine volume due to high blood sugar. At this time, despite drinking a lot of water, you will still feel thirsty, and experience "increased drinking, increased eating, increased urination, and weight loss". People with hyperthyroidism may also often feel thirsty, quickly become tired, have muscle weakness, palpitations, and irritability. If you encounter these situations, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to consult an endocrinologist, and at the same time ensure your daily physiological water needs.

2. There are also some cases of thirst caused by unknown reasons. For example, in addition to feeling thirsty for no apparent reason, the child may also show signs of being willful, angry, and aggressive. This is often a neuropsychiatric thirst, which has no special impact on the mother and can be treated symptomatically by tricking the body, such as holding up a cup of water and swallowing several times in succession. You can also moisten your lips with water, which can sometimes quench your thirst.

Postpartum thirst is generally a physiological phenomenon. To relieve postpartum thirst, you can adjust your diet:

1. Various grains, such as polished japonica rice, glutinous rice, mung beans, glutinous corn, wheat, etc., can be cooked into porridge and eaten to nourish yin and quench thirst.

2. Most fruits have a certain effect of promoting salivation and quenching thirst. For example, grapes, longans, cherries and other fruits are warm in nature. New mothers can eat them directly in appropriate amounts, or they can be cut into pieces and cooked into fruit tea for drinking. Other fruits that are cold in nature, such as pears, apricots, and plums, will not irritate the stomach and intestines after being cooked, so new mothers can eat them with confidence.

3. Use medicated food to relieve thirst. For those who have severe thirst after childbirth and cannot heal themselves for a long time, you can prepare Chinese medicinal food and take it.

Feeling particularly thirsty during confinement is an abnormal condition. When this happens to women, it must be taken seriously. In addition, women during confinement have relatively poor physical fitness, so they need to recuperate physically through diet. Of course, many women can't wait to lose weight after giving birth, which is wrong. They must wait until their body recovers.