Can pregnant women take blood-enriching medicine?

Pregnant women who experience anemia during pregnancy should eat more blood-enriching foods instead of taking blood-enriching medicines, otherwise it will affect the health of the fetus. Therefore, pregnant women are advised to read the content of the article regarding their diet during pregnancy. If pregnant women use blood-enriching drugs during pregnancy, it may cause fetal developmental deformities and stillbirth.

Severe anemia in pregnant women can easily cause developmental delay in their children

"From the 6th to 8th week of pregnancy, women's blood flow increases, the plasma increases more than the red blood cells, the blood becomes diluted, and the hemoglobin count is lower than that of normal people. Many women suffer from anemia in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, especially those with large fetuses, twins, pregnant women with stomach problems and poor absorption, and those with heavy menstrual flow. These conditions are more likely to cause severe anemia," said the expert.

In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, because the fetus grows rapidly and has a high demand for blood, pregnant women are prone to anemia.

What harm can anemia in pregnant women cause? Experts say: "First, it may cause anemic heart disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension and other diseases. Secondly, because the fetus' blood flows from the mother to the fetus in one direction, the anemia will be milder than that of the mother, but severe cases can also cause stillbirth, miscarriage, or developmental delay in the child."

Since anemia is very harmful, for pregnant women, which degree of anemia requires medication and which requires dietary supplementation? Experts believe that "the standard for determining whether blood-enriching drugs are needed is that the normal hemoglobin level for ordinary people is 13 grams per liter, and for pregnant women it is 11 grams per liter. As long as it is not less than 10 grams per liter, no medication is needed."

Excessive use of blood tonic medicine can cause iron poisoning

Excessive blood supplementation can easily lead to iron poisoning. Iron is a metal substance. Mild poisoning can cause nausea, while severe poisoning can cause precipitation in some important organs, resulting in organic lesions of those organs. As for the dosage, experts believe that if the degree of anemia is the same, the dosage is the same for pregnant women and non-pregnant women, but the dosage required by pregnant women is greater than that of non-pregnant women. As for how much greater, it is best to listen to the doctor's advice.

Blood-enriching drugs are not prescription drugs, and pregnant women must use them under the guidance of a doctor. In clinical practice, if blood supplements are taken according to the doctor's advice and the correct dosage, adverse symptoms are rare, and most iron supplements are Class A drugs, which have the highest safety index for pregnant women. Unless there are other diseases or symptoms of threatened abortion, after the doctor's examination and approval, as long as you take the medicine according to the dosage, there will generally be no major problems and you don't need to worry.