What to do if you have dry cough during confinement

Expectant mothers become very weak right after giving birth, so they should pay more attention to their own health. If you don't pay attention, the disease will affect your upper body. Some mothers do not pay attention to keeping warm or do not take good care of their children after giving birth, which causes them to cough during the confinement period. Although it is not very serious, it is very uncomfortable. In order to ensure the baby's milk supply, mothers cannot take medicine during the confinement period, so what should they do?

1. What to do if you have dry cough during confinement

1. If a pregnant woman keeps coughing during the confinement period. No medication can be used. Mothers should ask their family members to boil some oyster and pear water for you first. Pregnant women should drink it persistently, so that there will be certain effects. Oysters are very effective for coughs, and pear juice also has the effect of relieving coughs and reducing phlegm.

2 Another method is to use a certain amount of ginger slices and brown sugar and put water in the pot. Then add ginger slices and brown sugar. Cook the ingredients for some time. Let pregnant women drink it while it is hot. In this way, brown sugar and ginger slices are also beneficial to the recovery of pregnant women. It can also relieve cough.

3 One method is to cut apples or pears into small pieces. Put it in the pot and fry it. Add more oil or something like that to moisturize the mulberry. I have been coughing since I was in confinement. My mother-in-law does this every day. It will get better gradually.

2. Will postpartum coughing cause complications?

1. Whether coughing during confinement will cause complications depends on the specific situation. If you cough severely during confinement and do not recover, it is very likely to cause complications.

2. Therefore, women must keep warm during the confinement period and avoid eating cold foods. If symptoms of cough occur, they should consult a doctor immediately.

3. What are the food taboos for confinement?

1. Avoid eating too much chicken essence:

In order to prevent the baby from suffering from calcium deficiency, new mothers should avoid eating too much chicken essence. It is not good for breastfeeding mothers to take too much chicken essence while taking a high-protein diet, because the monosodium glutamate in the chicken essence will enter the baby's body through breast milk.

2. Avoid eating cold foods:

Eating cold or cold food after giving birth will be detrimental to the enrichment of blood and qi, easily cause gastrointestinal digestion problems, and is not conducive to the discharge of postpartum lochia and the removal of blood stasis.

3. Avoid eating spicy food or stimulating food:

Eating spicy foods, such as chili pepper, can easily damage body fluids, consume qi, and damage blood, aggravate qi and blood deficiency, and easily cause constipation, which is not good for the baby after entering the breast milk.

4. Avoid eating sour astringent foods:

Postpartum women with blood accumulation and internal resistance are not suitable for eating sour astringent foods, such as dried black plums, lotus seeds, persimmon cakes, winter melon, etc., to avoid obstruction of blood circulation and detrimental discharge of lochia after delivery.

5. Avoid eating cold food:

Such as ice cream, ice cream, cold drinks, etc., are not conducive to the recovery of the digestive tract, and will also have a negative impact on mothers' teeth.