How to stop coughing quickly during pregnancy

Many people have experienced coughing. We all know that once a cough occurs, it is very uncomfortable. Sometimes you can't stop coughing. Not only will you not be able to eat well, your sleep will also be affected, and sometimes it will affect other people. Pregnant women are a special group of people. Usually they cannot take medicine indiscriminately. After coughing, they need to take medicine under the guidance of a doctor. Indiscriminate use of medicine will affect the development of the fetus.

How to quickly stop coughing during pregnancy?

1. Eat ginger slices. When a pregnant woman coughs in the middle of the night, she can put a piece of washed ginger in her mouth and the cough will stop immediately. If she does this three times a day, the cough will be cured.

2. Endothermic steam. Pour hot water into a thermos cup, and pregnant women should put their mouth and nose into the cup mouth and inhale the hot steam, which can effectively relieve cough.

3. Apply garlic on the soles of your feet. After washing your feet, apply garlic on the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of your foot and tape it to relieve cough.

4. Stimulate the acupoints for treating colds. Heat a metal spoon in hot water, place it on the cold-treating point on your palm and massage for 5-10 times.

Can pregnant women use cough medicine?

Although pregnant women take extra care, they are bound to catch colds and coughs. Most people can take medicine for colds and coughs, but can pregnant women take cough suppressants? Generally speaking, clinical cough suppressants still have side effects. For the healthy development of the fetus, pregnant women cannot take medicine. Taking medicine can cause fetal malformations and inhibit fetal breathing. However, if the situation is more serious, after finding out the cause, you can take some milder cough suppressants on the doctor's advice. However, it is still recommended that pregnant women do not take cough medicine privately. The best way is still diet therapy.

During pregnancy, pregnant women may catch a cold accidentally. A cold is the most direct cause of coughing. Pregnant women should pay special attention to keeping warm to avoid coughing caused by a cold. Once a cough occurs, do not take medicine privately. Be sure to take some medicine that pregnant women can use under the doctor's advice. However, it is best to use diet therapy, which has no side effects from medicine and has less impact on the fetus.

What should pregnant women do if they have a cough?

1. Cold

Colds are an important cause of coughing in pregnant women. If the cold symptoms are relatively mild, you can use diet therapy and try not to use medication. When you first start coughing, you can drink more cold boiled water, or you can boil water with pears, rock sugar, and red dates. Dice the pear and cook it with the red dates first, then add rock sugar and continue cooking. This is a simple and easy method, and drinking a few cups a day will help treat your cough. Diet therapy for colds during pregnancy can effectively treat colds in pregnant women. If the symptoms are severe and you need to go to the hospital for treatment, take appropriate medication as prescribed by your doctor and do not take medication on your own.

2. Physical weakness

Another important reason why pregnant women cough is that their constitution is relatively yin-deficient, so they will cough after pregnancy, and the coughing symptoms will disappear automatically after the baby is born. In such a situation, you should pay more attention to your daily diet and rely on diet therapy to relieve the symptoms of cough. The diet therapy at this time is different from the diet therapy for a cold, and must focus on relieving cough, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. You can choose some small folk remedies that have been popular among the people for a long time and are very effective. Such as pears stewed with rock sugar, pears stewed with Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs, kumquats stewed in sugar, etc.

3. Bronchitis, pharyngitis and respiratory tract infections

These diseases can also cause coughing. At this time, drinking some light salt water can be very helpful and can also play a preventive role. Of course, if the condition is serious, you should seek medical attention in time and follow the doctor's advice.