What should I do if a pregnant woman catches a cold in late pregnancy?

Many pregnant mothers catch a cold when they are about to give birth. This is very harmful to our babies and the pregnant mothers themselves. Many mothers are also very worried, fearing that it will cause a great negative impact on their children, so they seek effective methods for treatment from multiple sources. Now we must seek some of the most advanced treatments. Let us learn about what to do if a pregnant woman in the late stage catches a cold.

1. Treatment of the cause

(1) Antimicrobial drugs are not required for the treatment of simple viral infections. When there is evidence of bacterial infection such as elevated white blood cell count, pharyngeal pus, and cough with yellow sputum, penicillin, first-generation cephalosporins, macrolides, or quinolones may be used as appropriate. It is rarely necessary to select sensitive antimicrobial drugs based on the pathogen.

(2) Antiviral drug treatment There is currently no specific antiviral drug, and the misuse of antiviral drugs can cause influenza virus resistance. Therefore, if there is no fever, normal immune function, and the patient has been ill for more than two days, it is generally not necessary to use it. It can be used routinely in the early stages in immunocompromised patients. The broad-spectrum antiviral drugs ribavirin and oseltamivir have a strong inhibitory effect on influenza virus, parainfluenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus, and can shorten the course of the disease.

2. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine with heat-clearing, detoxifying and antiviral effects can also be used to help improve symptoms and shorten the course of the disease. Xiao Chaihu Granules and Isatis Root Granules are widely used.

3. Do not eat partial food, and have a diversified diet. Eat more vegetables and fruits that are rich in vitamins, such as apples, new greens, spinach, carrots, etc.

Be cheerful, don't always think about things that bother you, and live happily every day.

Keep a balance between work and life, take enough rest, and don't stay up all night surfing the Internet.

In autumn, the climate is dry. You can use fresh monk fruit as tea, or soak it with Ophiopogon japonicus, chrysanthemum, licorice and other ingredients.

Actively exercise. The simplest and most effective way to exercise is to insist on morning jogging to enhance the body's disease resistance.

The above content of what to do if a pregnant woman in late pregnancy catches a cold provides a good guidance example for our mothers to solve the problem of colds and can achieve a good healing effect. This situation is very dangerous and we must ask a professional doctor for treatment to ensure that our mother and child give birth to the baby safely and smoothly.