Does a cold in early pregnancy have any effect?

Pregnancy can be said to be one of the most important events in a woman’s life. In addition, the current family planning policy allows a family to have only one child, so other people pay more attention to pregnant women. However, accidents still happen sometimes. For example, when a pregnant woman catches a cold, they want to ask if a cold in the early stages of pregnancy will have any impact. Let's hear what the authoritative experts say. We hope pregnant mothers will pay more attention.

According to experts, if you catch a cold in early pregnancy and the symptoms are mild, such as clear runny nose and sneezing, it will not have much impact on the fetus and you don't need to take medicine. You will be fine after a few days of rest. However, the early pregnancy period is mainly the time when the fetus's embryo develops and its organs are formed. If the pregnant mother suffers from influenza and the symptoms are severe, it will have a great impact on the fetus. Taking medicine during this period also poses a greater risk to the fetus.

The common cold we are talking about is a bacterial cold, and there is also a viral cold. Because the pathogens are different, the symptoms are also different. For example, the common cold is often caused by pathogenic bacteria that parasitize in the upper respiratory tract. The symptoms are generally cough, runny nose and possibly fever.

Filterable viruses can pass through the mother's placenta and directly enter the fetus. Therefore, once the mother is infected with a filterable virus, the fetus will also be invaded by the virus. Colds are caused by filterable virus infections, so the baby will also catch a cold along with the mother.

However, it is still not very clear what impact the cold will have on the fetus. The causal relationship between the filterable virus that causes the cold and fetal abnormalities has not been confirmed, so there is no need to worry too much. Like rubella, cell division is most active in the early stages of pregnancy, and it is also an important time for the formation of fetal organs, so special attention should be paid.

Once you get through the early stages of pregnancy, the effects of a cold will not be so serious because the fetus' heart development has gradually stabilized and its size has gradually increased, and the impact of a cold on the fetus is almost minimized.

But if it is a severe cold, even after the second trimester of pregnancy, prolonged high fever and lack of appetite will hinder the development of the fetus in the uterus. In the late stages of pregnancy, extreme coughing is not common, but it can easily cause early rupture of membranes and even premature birth.

All medications are prohibited during the first three months of pregnancy because the first three months are the critical period for embryo formation. If a pregnant woman has a mild cold and the symptoms are not particularly severe, non-drug treatments such as massage, physical therapy, etc. can be adopted. And you should drink more boiled water, eat more vegetables and fruits, and keep your bowel movements smooth.

Medication should be used with caution during the second trimester. Drugs that are damaging to the auditory nerve, such as gentamicin, streptomycin, and kanamycin, should be used with caution, and it is best not to use them as much as possible. Generally speaking, taking medication in the late pregnancy will not have much impact on the pregnant woman or the fetus.

If a pregnant woman has influenza, she should follow her doctor's advice to see if she needs to terminate the pregnancy to prevent the virus from harming the fetus.

If you catch a cold or fever during pregnancy, you can follow your doctor's advice and choose some Chinese herbal medicines with fewer toxic and side effects. Isatis root, isatis indigotica leaf, forsythia suspensa, notopterygium wilfordii, honeysuckle, etc., which have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and resisting viruses, have good therapeutic effects. Chinese patent medicines and their preparations such as Yinqiao Jiedu Pills, tablets, granules, Compound Isatis Indigo Leaf Injection, Yinhuang Oral Liquid, etc. can be taken.

Does catching a cold in early pregnancy have any impact? I believe that after reading the above article, everyone will have a deep understanding of these common sense. It can be seen that there is still a certain impact, and you must be extra careful when taking medicine to avoid harming the baby in the belly. However, one thing that needs to be noted is that pregnant women must not take medicine on their own after catching a cold, and must obtain a doctor's consent if they want to take medicine.