Edema in pregnant women is divided into physiological and pathological manifestations. Physiological manifestations are common symptoms in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, while pathological manifestations should be investigated with emphasis on gestational hypertension and gestational rheumatoid immune diseases.
1. Physiological phenomenon: edema often occurs in late pregnancy, endocrine function changes during pregnancy, such as aldosterone increase, uterine enlargement compression of the inferior vena cava blood reflux obstruction and other physiological factors can be caused by sodium retention in pregnant women, plasma colloid osmolality is reduced, thus appearing edema symptoms, or pregnant women with poor sleeping posture, compression of the hand end of the edema, need to adjust the sleeping posture.
2. Pathological phenomena: gestational diseases such as gestational hypertension, gestational rheumatoid immune disease can appear edema, in addition to edema, can also appear weight gain, hypertension, urinary protein and other concomitant symptoms, these diseases need to be treated to control the primary disease, may relieve edema.
Pregnant women with swollen hands that do not improve with adjustments or are accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms should seek timely medical attention for examination and treatment under the guidance of a doctor.