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Postpartum depression—an illness associated with the delivery of a child—is caused by changes in hormones and can run in families. Hormone factorsIn the process of pregnancy, childbirth, endocrine environment will change greatly, especially after 24 hours, the hormone levels of rapid change is post-partum depression happened based biology. Pregnancy hormone levels of estrogen and progestin increased gradually to peak, after the birth of the 3 to 5 days gradually lower down to the basic level. Research shows that progesterone declines, the greater the postpartum depression, the greater the likelihood. Research found that before the release of the placenta labor steroid reached a high performance, patients for the mood delectation, after the birth of the placenta steroid secretion in patients with sudden performance for the depression reduced. Body factorsBorn child and postnatal complications, dystocia, sluggish production, ShouShuChan etc is not neglect the post-natal depression triggers. Due to give birth to pain and discomfort brought to feel nervous fear, appear maternal sluggish production, during childbirth, maternal psychological prepare adequately, tension, fear, the degree increase process lasted longer, body and mental stress to strengthen, which may lead to postpartum depression. Second, there is the body disease or disability of lactation is prone to depression after production, especially infection of the postpartum depression, fever has certain influence on the promotion. Genetic factorsGenetic factors is the underlying causes of mental disorders. Have a family history of mental illness, especially with a family history of depression, the maternal postpartum depression higher incidence. In addition, the history of the past have emotional obstacles, and the history of depression before, etc. Can be cause post-partum depression. And the women with postpartum depression if pregnant childbirth, is again with high recurrence rate, the rate can be as high as 50%, any time in the past have had severe depression of women in postpartum depression, risk increases to 30% ~ 40%. Social factorsSupport system is considered to be one of the important factors, it includes the husband, the support of my family and to the satisfaction of marriage. Postpartum depression patients are support system, the relationship between husband and wife, not bad postpartum relatives less concerned about, living environment factors such as bad, these are postpartum depression contributed to the risk factors. Bad outcomes, such as childbirth stillbirth, stillbirth, oaf and maternal family to the baby, gender antipathy is post-natal depression inducing factors. The experience of maternal negative life events, such as unemployment, husband and wife separation, and loved ones for family not harmonious, disease, is an important cause of postpartum depression contributed. At the same time, young, single, low social status, many children female of mother, parents early divorce, low degree, low income, new immigrants are factors can increase the susceptibility of maternal postpartum depression. In addition, postpartum depression also and the maternal age, occupation, since the quality of health care services, postpartum breastfeeding mothers, in the course of growing up experience of unfortunate events related to such factors as the. Psychological factorsPostpartum depression in self-centered, maturity is not enough, sensitive, mood swings, competitive, stubborn, social skills jellyfish to the poor, and people don't get along with harmony and introverted personality characteristics such as the crowd. Prenatal mood swings, premenstrual tension syndrome in postpartum depression of the situation is more. Women's emotional in puerperium, especially vulnerable stage 1 week postpartum mood change is more apparent, mental instability in serious condition. Because for the mother's role for women to cause psychological pressure, and appear anxiety emotions. Women and excessive anxiety and depression can cause a series of physiological and pathological reaction, such as norepinephrine secretion decline and other endocrine hormone changes, can cause uterine contractions abate, pain sensitive, were extended, hemorrhage increased, accentuate further women anxiety, panic, and become a precipitating factor of postpartum depression. 2011-09-07
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