What to do if you have phlegm in your throat during pregnancy

We all know that pregnant women need to pay special attention to their bodies. Because this not only concerns the pregnant person herself, but also the baby in the belly. Therefore, pregnant women cannot take medicine randomly. They must take medicine under the doctor's instructions to avoid adverse effects on the fetus. So what should you do if you have phlegm in your throat during pregnancy? This is also something that pregnant women themselves need to pay attention to. Next, I will give you some small methods, hoping that they can provide you with some help.

Pregnancy causes bleeding in the nasal mucosa of pregnant women, and their immunity is also lower than when they are not pregnant. Accidental colds can allow cold viruses to take advantage of the opportunity to invade. Traditional Chinese medicine divides colds into two types: wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds. Wind-cold colds are mostly caused by colds and manifest as fear of chills; the symptoms of wind-heat colds are just the opposite. Heat makes the symptoms of runny nose and nasal congestion worse. Both types will have fever symptoms when they are serious. Different types of colds require different medications. The commonly taken cold and heat-clearing granules are more suitable for colds caused by wind and cold, while medicines such as Isatis root and Shuanghuanglian oral liquid are suitable for colds caused by wind and heat. No matter what kind of cold you have, drinking more water and taking rest to restore your strength are the key. A cold is a self-limiting disease, and the general course of the disease is 3 to 7 days. Taking some Chinese medicine can relieve the discomfort caused by some cold symptoms, which is the purpose of treating the symptoms. The fundamental purpose is to enhance your own immunity so that the cold can be cured.

If a pregnant woman suffers from a simple cold without bacterial infection, it is clinically not recommended to use antibiotics (commonly known as anti-inflammatory drugs) for treatment. In real life, many people take oral antibiotics immediately after catching a cold, thinking that this will help the cold heal faster. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. As the saying goes, "All medicines are poisonous", the abuse of antibiotics is harmful to the human body. First, it will cause bacterial resistance. Second, the metabolism of drugs in the body will increase the burden on liver and kidney functions, which will be more harmful to pregnant women. Not only will it cause harm to the pregnant women themselves, it will also directly affect the fetus and may even cause fetal malformation or intrauterine fetal death. Therefore, pregnant women should be very cautious when taking medication, especially during the critical period of fetal development in the first three months of pregnancy. If a cold is complicated by bacterial infection and antibiotics must be used to control the infection, then you must seek the advice of an obstetrician and use medication reasonably under the doctor's guidance.

From the above, we can roughly conclude what to do if there is phlegm in the throat during pregnancy. Pregnant women need to be very careful because everything will be related to the baby in the belly. I hope the above tips can be of some help. Of course, it is best to take good care of your body and not take any medicine.