What to do if you have a sore throat during confinement

After a pregnant woman gives birth, a large amount of nutrients in her body will be lost. Her body is weak and needs some time to recover. Some people will experience sore throat symptoms at this time, which may be related to endocrine disorders and excessive body heat. You can boil some rock sugar and snow pear to relieve the symptoms. At the same time, you also need to drink plenty of water that day to ensure metabolism and speed up recovery from the disease. Let's learn about it.

Keep your mouth clean

Maintaining oral hygiene and gargling with concentrated salt water or mouthwash can help reduce the bacteria in the oral cavity and pharyngeal crypts, help shorten the course of the disease, and reduce inflammation and kill bacteria. Gargling 5-8 times a day will significantly relieve throat pain.

2. Drink more water

If you have a sore throat during confinement, you should pay attention to drinking more water. On the one hand, drinking more water can help flush out bacteria and relieve inflammation, and it can also massage and soothe the throat, thereby helping to relieve sore throat; on the other hand, drinking more water can lead to more urination, which can effectively clear out toxins in the baby's body and promote recovery. Drink at least 8 glasses of warm water every day.

3. Diet adjustment

When you have a sore throat during confinement, your diet should be light and soft, and you should avoid spicy and greasy food to avoid irritating the throat mucosa, which will help generate heat and aggravate the condition. You can drink porridge, soy milk, milk, vegetable soup, etc. When you have a cough, eat less citrus fruits such as oranges and tangerines. If you have a sore throat caused by a heat cold, you can drink some rock sugar pear water or carrot soup.

4. Press and massage Zhaohai acupoint

Zhaohai point is the intersection point of eight meridians. It has the function of absorbing heat and generating energy, which can just relieve the heat symptoms of sore throat. Pressing and rubbing this point can clear the throat and relieve sore throat. It is mainly used to treat dry throat, sore throat, and is suitable for acute and chronic tonsillitis and pharyngitis. This point is located on the inner side of the foot, in the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus. The pressure should not be too strong, and should be enough to feel soreness, numbness, and swelling. The best time is 5 to 10 minutes.

5. Snow Pear Monk Fruit Tea Relieves

Ingredients: half a monk fruit, 1 snow pear. Method: Wash and chop the pear into pieces, put it into the pot together with half a washed monk fruit, add appropriate amount of water, and boil for 30 minutes. Efficacy: Nourishes yin, moisturizes throat, and clears away heat. Suitable for acute and chronic dry throat, sore throat and other symptoms.

6 Honeysuckle porridge relieves

Ingredients: 30 grams each of honeysuckle and japonica rice. Preparation method: First wash the honeysuckle, then add appropriate amount of water to boil to get the concentrated juice, add appropriate amount of water together with the honeysuckle juice and japonica rice, boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat to make a thin porridge. If your throat is severely sore and you are unable to swallow, you can directly take concentrated honeysuckle juice and slowly swallow it. Efficacy: Honeysuckle has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can be used for various heat-toxic sores, sore throat and other symptoms.

7. Plantago asiatica for sore throat

Ingredients: 5 sterculia lychnophora, a little mint. Preparation method: Put sterculia lychnophora and mint into a thermos, add hot water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, then drink while hot. Efficacy: Plantago ovata has the effects of clearing lung heat, moistening dryness and relieving sore throat, and detoxifying. Mint can dispel wind-heat and relieve sore throat. Both can improve symptoms such as sore throat, hoarseness and dry cough.

8. Seek medical attention if serious

A sore throat may be caused by wind-heat cold, getting angry, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, etc., and one is often unable to identify the specific cause. If the pain is severe, one should ask a doctor to diagnose and treat or take medication according to the condition. Do not take medication or folk remedies at will, which will delay the condition or affect the baby's health.