What should a 5-month pregnant woman do if she has a sore throat and cough?

If a pregnant woman does not regulate her body properly and develops symptoms such as a cold during the fifth month of pregnancy, it is easy to develop a sore throat and cough. Be cautious when taking medication at this time, pay more attention to your lifestyle, drink more warm water, try not to eat irritating plants, eat more pears and foods that help relieve coughs.

1. Drink more warm water.

Drinking more warm drinks can make sticky phlegm thinner, relieve the tension of the respiratory mucosa, and promote coughing up phlegm. It is best to drink warm boiled water or warm milk, rice soup, etc. You can also drink fresh fruit juice. The fruit juice should be less irritating such as apple juice and pear juice. It is not advisable to drink citrus juice such as orange juice and grapefruit juice.

2. Eat less food that will aggravate cough:

Vegetables such as leeks, mustard greens, and sauerkraut; condiments such as chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns; dried fruits such as chestnuts and walnut kernels.

3. Pears have the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, nourishing yin and clearing heat

Pears can be eaten raw, steamed, or made into soups and custards. However, pears are cold in nature, so it is not advisable to eat too many at one time. Especially those with weak spleen and stomach, cold abdominal pain and blood deficiency should not eat too much. When boiling pears, dig out the core of the pear, then put rock sugar inside and steam it together. If you boil it, the effect will not be as good as steaming it. Pears stewed with rock sugar do have a cough-relieving effect, but it takes some time to eat. Eating pears stewed with rock sugar regularly can dispel phlegm and heat, nourish yin and moisten the lungs. If possible, it would be better to add Fritillaria together with the stew. In addition, pears can relieve the symptoms of dry throat, itchy throat, sore throat and loss of voice.

Coughing during pregnancy is very uncomfortable. Pregnant women often hold their stomachs but dare not cough hard. Sometimes, coughing a little hard can easily lead to urinary incontinence, which is very embarrassing. A pregnant woman's cough generally does not affect the fetus, but prolonged coughing can cause the following two harms to the fetus.