Is postpartum infection severe
Release time : 04/24/2025 09:30:02
Women in China have a tradition of confinement after giving birth, and this period of confinement is also called the puerperium.
The puerperium period is the main period for women to recover physically and mentally after giving birth. During this period, women's body functions are weak, and a slight carelessness may cause puerperium infection.
So is the product infection serious? What to do after causing a puerperal infection? Is the puerperal infection serious? The main cause of puerperal infection is that bacteria invade the maternal reproductive tract. It is a serious disease that postpartum women are most likely to suffer. If treatment is not timely, it may even cause death.
If a woman is not strictly disinfected during labor, it will cause puerperal infection. In the mild case, it can cause endometriosis, causing contraction of the uterus. After delivery, the uterus recovers slowly. It can also cause the patient to have a fever and a strange smell of vaginal secretions.
Puerperal infection can also cause uterine tenderness. This is due to the spread of infection, which causes inflammation in surrounding tissues such as the fallopian tubes, leading to purulent conditions in these structures.
When further infection occurs, bacteria enter the patient's bloodstream and cause sepsis. Sepsis is accompanied by high fever and chills in patients, and in severe cases, it can lead to toxic shock, posing a significant threat to life safety.
Postpartum infection can also cause the adhesion and obstruction of the uterine and pelvic tissues around the uterus, which may lead to the accumulation and purulence of the fallopian tubes. This directly causes infertility in patients, even if they become pregnant, there is a significant possibility that an ectopic pregnancy will occur.
Infections of the surrounding tissues of the uterus can cause organ adhesions, leading to long-term chronic abdominal pain in patients.
What should I do if I have a puerperal infection? Puerperal infection, also known as postpartum infection, is what we commonly call "postpartum disease."
The most feared thing for a woman during the postpartum period is to develop a postpartum infection. If this happens, what should be done? For patients with mild postpartum infections, conservative treatment is sufficient. However, for those with severe infections, surgical intervention may be necessary.
When the symptoms are mild, it is necessary to enhance the patient's nutrition by adopting dietary therapy or medication methods to supplement the patient with sufficient vitamins. If the patient suffers from severe anemia, blood-richening treatment should be administered to strengthen the patient's resistance.
During the treatment, doctors will provide appropriate broad-spectrum antibiotics according to the severity and inflammatory conditions of puerperal infection.
In conservative treatment for postpartum infection, traditional Chinese medicine can also be chosen as a therapeutic approach. The principle of treating with TCM involves the use of multiple herbs to promote blood circulation and eliminate stasis, clear heat and detoxify, etc., in order to achieve recovery.
In cases where patients develop pelvic abscesses or other severe symptoms, surgical treatment must be considered if conservative management is ineffective.
If not to cause serious consequences for the body, patients must pay attention to the postpartum infection after giving birth and actively treat it. Otherwise, the consequences are very serious.
The causes of postpartum infection, which begins approximately 42 days after childbirth and lasts for approximately 6 weeks.
The moment the placenta is expelled after the baby, this signifies that a woman has entered into the postpartum period.
At this time, the female reproductive system is relatively vulnerable to bacterial invasion, which can easily lead to a postpartum infection.
The causes of puerperal infection include both internal and external factors.
When a woman is giving birth, if the hands and instruments used by the medical staff who deliver the baby are not strictly disinfected, the bacteria will pass through these channels and enter the woman's reproductive organs, causing puerperal infection.
For example, if the woman herself suffers from respiratory inflammatory diseases, digestive inflammatory diseases, or some inflammation in the urinary system, the blood and lymphatic systems in the body will also carry bacteria to the reproductive organs, causing infection. Also, during the delivery process of medical staff, if their hands touch the infected site and continue to deliver, it will also cause infection of the reproductive organs and cause puerperal infection.
On the other hand, the damage to the uterus, cervix, and vagina caused by women's childbirth increases the chance of bacterial invasion. As women's resistance declines to a certain extent after childbirth, bacteria multiply and spread in the body, causing puerperal infection.
Finally, if the mother has sex before childbirth and has a bath, or if she starts sex too early before the postpartum wound has completely healed, or if she has a bath, and does not pay attention to personal hygiene during the puerperium, these can easily cause puerperal infections.
The symptoms of puerperal infection are not properly treated during the confinement and puerperal infection occurs accidentally. How can you know if you are suffering from puerperal infection? What are the obvious symptoms of puerperal infection? The symptoms of puerperal infection are not exactly the same in most people, mainly because the infected site is different. However, fever, abdominal pain, and abnormal lochia are the three major symptoms seen in almost all puerperal infections.
The onset of lochia irritation occurs between the 2nd and 5th days after childbirth. The initial symptoms are high fever with chills, abdominal distension.
If the infection causes bacteremia, it can lead to sepsis. The main symptoms of sepsis are that the patient's body looks like poisoning, and this poisoning symptom will threaten the life of the mother.
Complications such as wound infection following perineal incision can lead to localized redness and swelling, with a pronounced tenderness upon pressing. Following suturing of the wound, it is prone to rupture.
When inflammation occurs in the uterine cavity and pelvis, patients may experience symptoms such as fever and chills. The lochia may smell bad, the uterus may not fully recover to its original state, and pelvic infection can also easily lead to pelvic abscesses.
During the first 7 to 10 days postpartum, postpartum infection can easily lead to thrombophlebitis.
The primary symptom of thrombophlebitis is fever and chills, which occur repeatedly and persist for several days.
When infected thrombi liquefy and break off into the bloodstream, the circulation process can easily lead to sepsis.
The primary manifestations include pulmonary abscesses or pericarditis; additionally, reaching the kidneys can lead to renal abscesses, causing pain in the renal area and abnormalities in urine.
Numerous patients also have varying degrees of abscess formation in their brain joints and skin.
How to prevent postpartum infection? When a woman enters into the pregnancy, she should have the concept of preventing postpartum infection, and the prevention of postpartum infection should start from the pregnancy.
During pregnancy, if you have a contagious disease, you should actively treat it. During pregnancy, attention should be paid to hygiene. Within 30 days before the due date and 42 days after childbirth, sexual intercourse is prohibited, and tub bathing is not allowed.
Fully replenish nutrition to the body before birth. In the two months before giving birth, all treatment of the vagina should be stopped, especially vaginal irrigation.
In the delivery process, if certain conditions can cause infection, such as prolonged labor or perineal trauma, it is necessary to promptly administer anti-infection treatment.
After the childbirth, attention to nutritional supplementation, eat more light and rich food.
As long as the body has reached the condition of being able to get out of bed, it should be frequently getting up and moving around.
Childbirth can have an impact on the postpartum woman's ability to defecate and urinate, potentially causing difficulty with both. However, efforts should be made to expel these bodily functions. If necessary, one should seek medical assistance. Otherwise, if urine retention occurs in the bladder, it can affect the contraction of the uterus, making it difficult for lochia to be expelled.
Postpartum, it is mandatory to use sanitary products that have been sterilized.
The medical information provided in this article is for reference only.
In the event of discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately for a professional medical diagnosis and treatment.