The difference between general rheumatism and postpartum rheumatism: after catching a cold in confinement in July last year, I immediately felt unwell and had joint pain. I have been acupuncture and cupping before weaning my child. I also drank some Chinese medicine, and I haven't recovered. Hospital blood test showed anti-"O" 538 and ESR 36. The doctor said it was rheumatism, and it had nothing to do with confinement. Sheikh's test results were the same, but Sheikh said he was not sick. Is my illness common rheumatism or postpartum rheumatism? Test results: The last hospitals I visited were: Rheumatology and Immunology Department of Dongfang Hospital of Gansu Provincial People's Hospital, Wang Jinping, Immunology and Rheumatology Department of Gansu Provincial People's Hospital, and Wang Jinping: Postpartum rheumatism is only a disease of Chinese medicine, especially the symptoms of body and joint pain of parturient without rheumatism. Western medicine has no such diagnosis. Neither Chinese nor western medicine has such a diagnostic name for common rheumatism. "Hospital blood test, anti-O" 538, ESR 36 refers to the test results, which were "rheumatoid arthritis" or "rheumatic fever" in western medicine diseases at that time. View original post >>