What medicine should I take for a sore throat during breastfeeding?

During breastfeeding, some mothers may catch a cold and have a sore throat due to poor care, which not only affects eating and nutrient absorption, but also easily infects the baby with bacteria, which needs to be dealt with in time, either with medicine or diet therapy. What Chinese medicine should I take for a sore throat caused by a cold during breastfeeding? Let’s learn about it together below.

What Chinese medicine should I take for a sore throat during breastfeeding?

For the treatment of sore throat, antibiotics are generally not recommended, and effective treatment methods should be selected under the guidance of a doctor. If the doctor examines the body, assesses the condition, and thinks that the medicine can be used, the breastfeeding mother can take the medicine. During breastfeeding, patients with cold and sore throat usually take Yinhuang lozenges according to the condition. It can clear away heat, detoxify, remove toxins and reduce inflammation. It can be used for subacute tonsillitis and sore throat caused by acute pharyngitis.

It is recommended that you avoid taking medication for colds and sore throats during breastfeeding. Studies have found that vitamin C is effective in treating fever and colds. Pregnant women with colds and sore throats can take vitamin C and drink plenty of water, which can help the body expel the virus from the body and achieve the effect of alleviating symptoms. In addition, breastfeeding mothers should pay special attention to maintaining a light diet and getting enough rest.

In addition, drinking salt water is very effective for coughs caused by bronchitis, tonsillitis and respiratory infections. You can also boil water with pears, old rock sugar and jujubes. Dice the pear and cook it with the dates first, then add rock sugar and cook again. This method is simple and easy to do. Drinking a few bowls a day will help cure sore throats and coughs caused by colds.

FAQs about medication during breastfeeding

If a breastfeeding mother takes medicine, she is worried that the drug ingredients will enter the baby's body through breast milk when feeding the baby, affecting the baby's normal growth and development. However, because the symptoms of a cold are very severe, they have to be alleviated by taking medicine. At this time, you need to take the medicine appropriately according to the doctor's advice. Whether taking medicine during breastfeeding will have an effect on the baby depends on the properties of the medicine and its concentration in breast milk.

After breastfeeding mothers take the medicine, it is absorbed into the blood circulation through the digestive tract, of which 1% to 2% of the medicine can be transported into breast milk. This amount generally does not cause adverse effects on the baby. Although a number of studies have been done on the metabolism of drugs into breast milk in animals, and on the ratio of drug concentrations in breast milk to those in the blood, the exact amount absorbed by newborns from breast milk has not been tested, so the effects on babies, if any, are unclear. Even so, breastfeeding mothers should be cautious in using drugs such as isoniazid, ornidazole (metronidazole), penicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin, erythromycin, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol, codeine, sedatives, etc. to prevent toxic side effects in the newborn baby. Treatment with radioactive substances, radionuclides or anti-tumor drugs is a contraindication to exclusive breastfeeding. If it is necessary to use it, exclusive breastfeeding should be terminated.

It is generally safe for breastfeeding mothers to take medicine, except for a few contraindications. However, for the health of the baby, you should take the medicine according to the doctor's advice. You should not take the medicine casually to avoid harm to the baby.