Why do I experience headaches and eye pain after childbirth?
Disease description:
It has been a month since giving birth. During the postpartum confinement period, the baby has been fussy every day. Recently, I have been experiencing frequent headaches and eye pain. I would like to know what is causing these symptoms?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Huang Shichang
The causes of postpartum headache and eye pain may involve multiple aspects:
1. Physiological factors: such as insufficient sleep, excessive fatigue, and mental stress. These factors may lead to tension in the head and eye muscles and poor blood circulation, thus causing pain. Especially after childbirth, due to the need to care for the baby and night feeding, sleep deprivation and excessive fatigue are more likely to occur.
2. Pathological factors: such as hypertension, anemia, neurosis, and glaucoma. Hypertension may be triggered by improper diet or physical changes after childbirth, leading to blood vessel dilation and irritation of the eyes and head. Anemia may result from blood loss during delivery or postpartum malnutrition, causing systemic ischemia and hypoxia, including in the head and eyes. Eye diseases such as neurosis and glaucoma can also directly cause eye pain and may be accompanied by headaches.
For postpartum headache and eye pain, it is recommended to seek timely medical examination, identify the underlying cause, and receive treatment under a doctor's guidance.
