What to do if you have a fever during pregnancy

Pregnant mothers must pay attention to their health after pregnancy, because if they get sick during pregnancy, they will need to take medication, and many medications will affect the development and production of the fetus. So, what should you do if you have a fever during pregnancy? First, mothers can use physical cooling methods to relieve the symptoms. If the physical methods are not effective, they should go to the hospital for examination, explain the situation to the doctor, and choose some medications that have less impact on the fetus for treatment.

1. Find out the cause of the fever and take into account nutrition and rest: In addition to finding out the cause of the fever, moderate fever reduction is necessary for pregnant women. Fever increases the mother's metabolic rate and is accompanied by many uncomfortable symptoms such as headache, loss of appetite, general fatigue, palpitations, and even dehydration, which increases the burden on the pregnant woman's cardiopulmonary function. Therefore, you should choose moderate fever reduction. Generally speaking, if the pregnant woman's body temperature is not higher than 38.5 degrees Celsius and there are no obvious discomfort symptoms, you can consider using physical methods to help reduce the fever, such as: ice pillow, heat dissipation patch, warm water wiping, such as wiping the body repeatedly with a warm towel, placing ice packs in the armpits, forehead and groin, etc.

2. Use of antipyretics: Try not to use them. As for when to consider using drugs, it varies from person to person. However, if the body temperature is above 38.5 degrees Celsius and accompanied by uncomfortable symptoms, you can consider using drugs under the guidance of a doctor, otherwise it will harm the fetus.

3. It must be reiterated that the pathogen that causes fever itself is more harmful to the mother and fetus than the fever itself.

Some pregnant women or their families believe that medication cannot be taken during pregnancy, so even if they have a fever, they choose to endure it, or try to reduce the temperature by methods such as sweating under a blanket or wiping the body with alcohol. In fact, these practices pose many safety risks. High fever may cause water loss and electrolyte imbalance in pregnant women. If sweating is blindly adopted to reduce temperature, it may cause serious complications such as dehydration, febrile convulsions, etc. Wiping with alcohol may cause pregnant women to absorb too much alcohol and affect the fetus.

When a pregnant woman has a fever, it is necessary to take appropriate antipyretic measures. Because fever can affect the health of the mother and fetus, physical cooling methods that are harmless to the human body should be used to reduce the temperature moderately. Generally, you can take a warm shower, or wipe your body with a warm towel to take away the temperature from the body surface, apply a fever-reducing patch, or use an ice pack for ice compresses, etc.