What to do if you have asthma during lactation?

It is very important for women to take care of their bodies during the breastfeeding period, otherwise they are likely to develop diseases, which will pose a great threat to their future health. Lactation asthma is a relatively difficult disease that can put a great burden on women's bodies. If a woman suffers an asthma attack during breastfeeding, she may experience symptoms such as chest tightness and needs treatment as soon as possible. So, what should you do if you suffer from asthma during breastfeeding?

If asthma occurs during breastfeeding, it should be treated actively. Some drugs do not affect breastfeeding.

Generally speaking, when asthma attacks acutely, it is necessary to use glucocorticoids. Depending on the severity of the asthma attack, different corticosteroid formulations may be used. However, for mild or moderate asthma attacks that have not reached the critical stage, the use of inhaled corticosteroids can generally control asthma symptoms well.

The intravenous use of glucocorticoids, such as methylprednisolone, is a short-acting drug with a very short half-life. Moreover, the effect on milk secretion after entering the blood is not particularly obvious. Therefore, it depends on your situation. If it is an attack now and it is not in an emergency level, for example, there is contradictory breathing in the chest and abdomen, the heart rate does not exceed 100 times, and the blood gas analysis does not show extremely low blood oxygen saturation and oxygen partial pressure, it is recommended to use inhalation preparations for treatment.

The main site of action of inhaled preparations is the airway, and only a small portion can be absorbed into the blood and then affect other organs in the body. So it's not a big problem. Using this mixed preparation, glucocorticoids and other mixed preparations such as ipratropium bromide to dilate the airways, there is no effect of using such an inhaled preparation for treatment.

If it is a critical condition, it is recommended to stop breastfeeding the child during the intravenous use of corticosteroids, because the half-life is relatively short, generally more than 72 hours, and the blood drug clearance rate should be very low.