What to do if a pregnant woman has a fever in the early stages

Fever in the early stages of pregnancy is a serious problem. At this time, you should not use medication for treatment. Even if you need to use medication, you must get the doctor's consent. The best way is to control your body temperature. There are many physical cooling methods that can achieve the effect of reducing fever. If the fever really cannot be reduced, you can use some Chinese herbal medicines appropriately, which will not cause any side effects.

1. Control your body temperature

Many pregnant women will also have a fever during a cold. At this time, antipyretics must not be taken blindly. If you want to reduce the fever, you might as well use physical antipyretic methods. For example, place ice cubes on the forehead and neck, wipe with warm water or repeatedly wipe the body with a warm towel, etc., or you can use medication to reduce the temperature, but be careful not to take western medicines with large side effects such as analgin. Drugs such as gentamicin, streptomycin, and kanamycin should be used with caution, and it is best not to use them as much as possible.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine

For pregnant women, medications should be avoided as much as possible during pregnancy, but for pregnant women with more severe colds, they can take Chinese medicine to relieve and cure the cold. Traditional Chinese medicine can not only effectively control the cold virus, but is also non-toxic. Therefore, it is the best choice for pregnant women. Therefore, pregnant women can take Chinese medicine under the guidance of a doctor when they have a cold.

3. Find out the cause of the fever: It must be reiterated that the pathogen that causes the fever is more harmful to the mother and fetus than the fever itself. Therefore, when a pregnant woman has a fever, it is important to find out the cause of the fever and prescribe the right medicine, which is more important than simply reducing the fever.

4. Pay attention to rest. When a pregnant woman catches a cold, she should immediately put down her heavy work, rest more, avoid fatigue and stress, and reduce the occurrence of complications. During the epidemic, pregnant women should pay attention to personal hygiene, avoid crowded places, avoid contact with patients with colds, ventilate their homes, maintain appropriate temperature and humidity, and maintain a good mood to help fight the virus.

5. Drink more water (and more soup) to replenish the body fluids lost during colds and fevers and help excrete toxic substances.

6. Avoid certain foods. When you have a sore throat, eat less spicy, fried or stir-fried foods. When you have a cough, eat less citrus fruits such as oranges and tangerines. When you have stomach discomfort, avoid drinking cold drinks and eat less greasy food.