Can women apply hot compress during the remission period of chronic pain?

The vast majority of women can use moderate heat compresses during the chronic pain relief period, but it is not applicable in all situations and must be judged based on the specific triggers of the pain.

I have previously met a 27-year-old girl who works in operations. She has been suffering from chronic back pain for almost three years. She has been suffering from chronic back pain for almost three years. When it was severe, she even had trouble bending down to tie her shoelaces. When she was in remission, her back always felt stiff and like a piece of cardboard. Later, she was advised to apply a hot water bag at about 42 degrees Celsius on her waist for 15 minutes every day before going to bed. After applying it for more than two months, not only did most of her usual stiffness disappear, but the frequency of acute pain attacks also dropped by almost 30%. In fact, the principle is not complicated. Hot compress can slowly relax tight skeletal muscles, speed up local blood circulation, and take away inflammatory metabolic waste accumulated in soft tissues faster. It can naturally reduce stimulation of peripheral nerves and help stabilize pain in the remission period.

However, not everyone is suitable for this operation. Now many doctors in clinical practice have raised objections. They believe that if the root cause of chronic pain is autoimmune-related inflammatory reactions, such as joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis and spinal pain in ankylosing spondylitis, even in the remission period, as long as the local area is faintly red and the skin temperature is higher than other areas, blind hot compress will expand local blood vessels, aggravate inflammatory exudation, and may even induce acute attacks. We also need to pay attention to chronic pain related to the pelvic cavity. Last month, I met a 32-year-old patient with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. He had just entered the remission period for a week and felt that the warm compress on his stomach felt comfortable. He applied it at 48 degrees for three days. As a result, a review found that the pelvic effusion had increased, and he also had lower abdominal pain. This was because the hot compress accelerated the spread of local inflammatory lesions.

It's quite interesting to say that many people think that hot compress is a "unskilled" operation. In fact, even if it is suitable for hot compress, many people fall into the trap. I have seen many girls, in order to get the best effect, directly fill the hot water bottle with freshly boiled water and put it on the skin. They would not take it off for half an hour, and some of them ended up with blisters. It is generally recommended that the temperature should be controlled at 40 to 43 degrees, and it should be applied for 10 to 20 minutes each time, separated by a layer of thin clothing and not directly attached to the skin. If it is chronic abdominal pain related to menstruation, try to avoid the two days of heaviest menstrual flow when applying hot compress during the relief period. Apply it one week before menstruation or 3 days after cleansing. The effect will be more obvious.

If you are not sure whether you can apply it, you can actually try it for three to five minutes. If the painful area becomes more swollen and painful after applying it, or the area is itchy and hot, stop immediately. If you are really unsure, it is not too late to ask a doctor to confirm the cause of your pain before making a decision. After all, everyone's physical constitution and pain causes are very different. What others use that works well may not be suitable for you.