How long does it take for postpartum finger pain to heal?

There are many small joints on the fingers, so finger joint pain often occurs in the human body. After giving birth, women must be careful not to catch a cold, because it takes some time for a woman's body to recover. If they are not well taken care of, it will have a great impact on their future life. Some women experience pain in their finger joints after childbirth. How long does it take to heal?

Symptoms of postpartum finger joint pain

Postpartum mothers experience joint pain, common pains include neck pain, shoulder pain, hand pain and waist pain. In addition to catching cold, these pains may also be related to taking care of the baby during the confinement period. If the posture of breastfeeding or holding the baby is incorrect, these joint pains may be caused.

The symptoms of postpartum finger joint pain are: often involving the proximal joints of the fingers, morning stiffness (stiff fingers in the morning, difficulty making a fist). The joint stiffness in the morning will last for a long time, usually for several hours, multiple joint pain, and is often symmetrical and migratory. Hand X-ray changes often show bone damage. Rheumatoid factor was positive.

What to do if your finger joints hurt after childbirth

Mothers who suffer from postpartum finger joint pain can usually recover after a period of enhanced nutrition, calcium supplementation, reasonable rest and exercise. If the situation is more serious, or it has not recovered for a long time, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up to see if there are other diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and Chinese medicine all have a certain effect on postpartum joint pain. If a mother finds that she has obvious symptoms of joint pain, she should seek medical attention as soon as possible and must not take painkillers on her own. Because most babies at this stage have not yet been weaned, careless use of medication may affect the child's health.

In current clinical treatment, it is generally recommended to reduce symptoms through external physical therapy that will not cause any adverse reactions to the baby, and manual massage is the most popular. For mothers who need to take care of their babies, daily self-care is also very important. “Movement creates yang, and stillness creates yin.” Therefore, after delivery, on the basis of adequate nutrition and sufficient rest, you should move as soon as possible and do physical exercise within your ability.

1. Mothers who experience postpartum finger joint pain can use the moxa leaves, ginger paste and coarse salt that are usually available at home, and adjust them appropriately according to the following methods:

(1) Bathing with water boiled with mugwort leaves: Use 100g of fresh mugwort leaves (50g of dried mugwort leaves) and a few slices of ginger to boil half a bucket of water. Pour the water into a hot water tank of suitable temperature for bathing.

Function: Mugwort has the effects of regulating qi and blood, warming the meridians, expelling cold and dampness and relieving pain. Postpartum mothers are prone to wind, cold and dampness due to deficiency of qi and blood, so they should often use it to boil water for washing their bodies.

(2) Ginger paste: Take an appropriate amount of ginger, mash it into a paste, and apply it directly to the joints or related acupuncture points. Cover it with plastic wrap to prevent the ginger paste from drying out immediately and affecting the effect of the application. However, it should be noted that ginger paste can burn the skin, so people with delicate skin or those who are prone to allergies should use it with caution to avoid damaging the skin.

Function: Dispel wind and cold, and enhance blood circulation and metabolism around joints. Mothers with obvious individual pain points should use this method as an auxiliary treatment.

(3) Hot compress method with coarse salt bag: Buy 1 pound of edible coarse salt, fry it until hot, add 50 grams of moxa leaves, put it into a gauze bag, and then wrap it with a cloth with good air permeability. Apply it to the affected area, but be careful to adjust the temperature to prevent skin burns.

Function: Relieve local inflammation and improve joint metabolic function. It is best to do it once a day for more than a week. The salt can be reused.

2. Diet therapy for postpartum finger joint pain

There are many methods of postpartum diet therapy that have been used by the people until now. The methods vary from region to region, but most of them are mainly based on warming yang and dispelling cold, removing wind and blood stasis, and nourishing yin and blood. The following two methods can be appropriately selected according to the constitution:

(1) Angelica and ginger mutton soup: use 400g mutton, 20g angelica, ginger slices, salt, cooking wine, and soy sauce in appropriate amounts. Remove the fascia from the mutton, chop it into small pieces and blanch it. Put an appropriate amount of water in the casserole, add angelica slices, mutton cubes, ginger slices, and cooking wine, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, then simmer over medium heat until the mutton is cooked through, and add salt to taste.

Function: Angelica sinensis is warm in nature, nourishes yin and blood, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements. Lamb is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals, carotene and B vitamins. It can be used for blood deficiency, lack of milk, joint pain, and persistent lochia after delivery.

(2) Chicken cooked with ginger and wine: 1 chicken, 0.5 jin of ginger (chopped into small pieces), 1 jin of Hakka wine, cooked and eaten immediately.

Function : It can stimulate appetite, invigorate blood circulation, dispel wind and cold, and also promote blood circulation and improve joint metabolism function.