Why do I feel itchy all over during confinement?

Traditional confinement requires that you cannot take a bath, brush your teeth, wash your hair, or be exposed to the wind for a month. After a period of time, many women will feel itchy all over their body, and the air will be very hot and humid. If you feel itchy all over during the confinement period, you first need to maintain the skin condition of your body to check whether you have urticaria, prickly heat, etc. Otherwise, you need to ensure that the skin is clean and dry. Please refer to this article for specific details.

What is the reason for itching on the body during confinement after childbirth?

There are many reasons for postpartum itching. If mothers want to treat it, they must first find out the cause:

1. Itching caused by urticaria Many mothers will have urticaria during breastfeeding, and most of them are chronic and last for half a year or even longer, causing great pain to patients. At the beginning, the symptoms of urticaria are similar to those of mosquito bites, which is a small red rash that will gradually expand and merge into a large area.

2. Prickly heat rash Most places still retain the traditional "confinement month" custom. People sweat a lot in the week after giving birth and coupled with the confinement month, the armpits, neck, torso and other parts are prone to sweating. Sweat stains contain a large number of microbial infections. Common symptoms are light brown or discolored oval patches in the wrinkled skin areas where sweat accumulates, and the itching is more obvious when sweating.

3. Prickly heat is actually the common name for hidradenitis. Postpartum fever and sweating coupled with excessive warming will affect the mother's sweating function. The most common prickly heat rash on the back of postpartum women is because the back is stuffy and not breathable due to long-term bed rest.

4. Papules Mothers are most likely to develop papules during breastfeeding. There is currently no consensus on the cause of the disease. Common symptoms are small red rashes on the skin near stretch marks that gradually expand and eventually become a whole piece and even spread to the thigh area.

How to treat postpartum itching?

1. In many cases, postpartum skin itching is caused by sweat and microbial bacteria. The first thing mothers need to pay attention to is to keep the skin clean and dry, especially in the hot summer, they should take a bath and change underwear frequently. If the wound is painful and it is inconvenient to take a bath, they can take a sponge bath to clean the body. Close-fitting confinement clothes and bed sheets and quilt covers should also be changed frequently. In winter, when you sweat less, you can take fewer showers.

2. Keep the skin moisturized, especially in winter when the weather is dry and it is easy to lack water. When the skin is dehydrated, it is also easy to experience itching symptoms. After taking a shower every day, you should use a moisturizing body lotion, preferably one with a little oil to lock in the body's moisture.