One of the misconceptions, postpartum rheumatism is a difficult disease, no rule of law There are many postpartum rheumatism patients believe that postpartum rheumatism is a difficult disease, no rule of law, because the symptoms of postpartum rheumatism patients are very painful, but to the hospital for a series of tests after the results are indicated normal, which makes many postpartum rheumatism patients very distressed, lost confidence in the treatment. So is postpartum rheumatism a difficult disease or not? Is there any way to treat it? In fact, postpartum rheumatism is not a difficult disease, but no specific physical and chemical examination, the diagnosis mainly relies on the patient’s medical history and their own symptoms, the treatment of Western medicine is not effective, and Chinese medicine treatment of postpartum rheumatism has a wealth of experience and better efficacy, so you should establish confidence in the treatment. Myth two, postpartum rheumatism must be treated within the month postpartum rheumatism because of the high incidence in January after childbirth, the people often called “moon disease”, so many postpartum rheumatism patients believe that the disease must be treated during the month. In fact, this view is not entirely right. Because the severity of postpartum rheumatism and maternal physical condition is closely related to the lighter patients can be treated by adjusting their lives and diet, without oral medication, this type of patients can be treated during the menstruation period. For patients with more severe disease, simple dietary treatment cannot control the disease and require oral medication, but because postpartum rheumatism patients mostly need to breastfeed their children, the menstrual period is still in the lactation period, and if oral medication is administered during this period, the ingredients of the medication taken will enter the child’s body through the breast milk, which will have a certain impact on the child’s growth and development. Medical research has found that postpartum rheumatism can be treated after the patient has stopped breastfeeding, and there will not be much difference in efficacy from the clinical point of view. The third misconception is that postpartum rheumatism can be treated by sweating. Sweating is one of the Chinese medicine treatments, especially for exogenous diseases. Since postpartum rheumatism is mostly due to maternal qi and blood deficiency, resistance to evil, inadvertently feel the feeling of wind, cold and moisture and other evil, so many postpartum rheumatism patients seek various ways to make the body sweat, hoping to achieve the purpose of treatment. In fact, sweating to treat postpartum rheumatism is by the premise that the patient’s physique is better, sweating after feeling the joint muscles afraid of wind, cold and other symptoms can be relieved, for this situation we can use drugs, or increase clothing and other methods to gradually sweat, so that the disease evil with sweat out. However, if the patient is weak, sweating after giving birth is already more, and after sweating will feel panic, weakness and other discomfort, for this if only sweating, will be more damage Yang Qi, aggravate the disease. Therefore, whether postpartum rheumatism patients should take the treatment of sweating should consult a doctor. Myth No. 4, postpartum rheumatism can not wash your hair and shower, can not open the window Many patients often listen to the old man at home during the disease: “with the moon disease, can not wash your hair and shower, can not open the window, otherwise the disease will not get better.” So is this really the case? The cause of postpartum rheumatism is the deficiency of qi and blood, wind, cold and dampness and other external evil invasion, washing and bathing, opening the window is only afraid of wind and cold, further aggravating the disease. However, we suggest that postpartum rheumatism patients can wash their hair and bathe and open windows, but they need to do a good job of protective measures. For example, before taking a bath, turn on the heating equipment to increase the temperature of the bathroom, keep the water temperature high during the bath, do not take too long to take a bath, dry the whole body as much as possible after the bath, and cover the quilt immediately after coming out of the bathroom to let the body gradually adapt to the outside temperature. Open the window is also necessary to ventilate, so that indoor and outdoor air circulation, so that the body exhaled exhaust gas can be discharged, but postpartum rheumatism patients are not suitable to stay in front of the window, to avoid the outside wind blowing directly to the patient. Myth No. 5, postpartum rheumatism must be bed rest There is a saying in Chinese medicine, “lying down for a long time hurts the gas”, which is particularly applicable to patients with postpartum rheumatism. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with postpartum rheumatism need to exercise properly to increase the body’s ability to resist evil. But the amount of exercise, exercise time and frequency should be related to their own tolerance and physical ability, and should not feel overly fatigued after exercise. Generally, you can take a small number of exercise methods, jogging, brisk walking, etc. are more appropriate exercise, should avoid fast running, playing ball and other more strenuous exercise methods.