What is puerperal infection

summary

The main symptoms of puerperal infection are fever, high fever, and liquid secretion for a long time. In severe cases, it can also cause peritonitis, so that puerperal women not only have to endure the pain of giving birth to a child, but also suffer the pain of puerperal infection. Here's what puerperal infection is.

What is puerperal infection

First: puerperal infection refers to the genital tract infection caused by pathogens during delivery and puerperium, causing local and systemic inflammatory stress. The incidence rate is 1% to 7.2%, which is one of the four reasons for maternal death. Puerperal disease rate refers to the delivery of 24 hours after 10 days with oral meter measurement 4 times a day, body temperature has 2 times reached or exceeded 38 ℃.

Second: fever, abdominal pain and abnormal lochia are the main clinical manifestations. Due to the difference of body resistance, the degree, range and location of inflammatory reaction, the clinical manifestations are different.

Third: all postpartum persistent fever, local swelling, tenderness, lochia abnormalities, should consider the existence of puerperal infection. And detailed history, careful physical examination of the whole body and local, pay attention to the cause of infection, exclude other factors that can cause puerperal disease rate or incision infection.

matters needing attention

Puerperal infection is the most serious. In the end, it may lead to sepsis and eventually death. In fact, some puerperal women don't know about puerperal infection. They always drag on for a long time and cause more serious consequences. Therefore, it is necessary to popularize the science of puerperal infection for everyone.