Does catching a cold during confinement really cause a serious illness?

You are not allowed to catch a cold or get sick during the confinement period, because you often hear the older generation say that you must sweat more during the confinement period to excrete the coldness from the body, otherwise a slight cold may lead to confinement disease. In fact, catching a cold during the confinement period does not necessarily cause you to get sick. As long as you drink more hot soup, take less medicine, and improve your resistance, you will not get sick if you catch a cold before the confinement period.

What to do if you catch a cold during confinement? Drink chicken soup

If it is an early stage cold, drinking chicken soup can relieve the symptoms of runny nose and nasal congestion in the mother, and chicken soup can also quickly clear the germs in the mother's respiratory tract. Therefore, mothers can often drink chicken soup during the confinement period, which can not only replenish the nutrition in the body, but also increase the resistance of the mother, and most importantly, it can also increase milk production.

What to do if you catch a cold during confinement? Hot steam

First, pour hot water of about 40 degrees into a warm teacup, then the mother should put her mouth and nose in the mouth of the teacup, and continuously inhale the steam from the teacup into the lungs. Generally, do this three times a day. After three days, you will find that the mother's symptoms have been alleviated.

How to stop coughing after catching a cold during confinement

If the mother has a severe cough, the above method may not be very effective.

At this time, we can take a raw egg, beat it, add some ginger juice and a little white sugar, and then drink it with half a cup of boiling water. Generally speaking, after three times, the symptoms of cough will be relieved.