Patient's question:
After giving birth naturally for about 20 days, I feel extremely sore all over my body and cannot walk when breastfeeding. I eat dinner normally. What kind of help do you need: Hello, do I need to go to the hospital?Doctor's answer:
During the postpartum period, women may experience recurrent symptoms such as aching, pain, numbness, and heaviness in the limbs and joints due to wind-cold-dampness. This condition is known as "postpartum wind" or "postpartum illness." It occurs because women's sinews, bones, and skin pores are wide open during the time of nurturing a child, leaving their bodies weak and vulnerable to external invasions. If carelessness allows wind and cold to penetrate, they settle in the meridians, joints, and muscles, causing blockage and impaired blood and Qi flow, leading to stagnation and pain.The main symptoms include aching and numbness in the limbs and joints, aversion to wind and cold, difficulty in joint movement, and even joint swelling. If the illness persists for a long time, muscle atrophy and joint deformation may occur. Treatment is similar to that for rheumatoid arthritis.