What are the precautions for pregnant women with cold and runny nose in summer

Pregnant women are afraid of heat and like to stay in air-conditioned rooms in the summer. If they stay in this way for a long time, they are likely to catch a cold. They will have a runny nose and find themselves physically weak and in a bad mood. All aspects of the cold are affected. They will worry more about the development of the fetus being stimulated, which will cause fetal disease. So what are the precautions for pregnant women who have a cold and a runny nose in the summer? There are many things that pregnant women need to do at this time to relieve and cure the cold.

If pregnant women catch a cold in the summer, they should control the infection and eliminate the virus as soon as possible, and take measures to lower their body temperature. Pregnant women with mild colds can drink more water, rest, and take oral cold and heat-clearing granules or Isatis root granules. For those with severe colds and high fever, in addition to general treatment, body temperature should be controlled as quickly as possible. Physical cooling methods can be used, such as placing ice cubes on the forehead and neck, or medication can be used to reduce temperature.

When choosing antipyretic analgesics, avoid using drugs that have obvious adverse effects on pregnant women and fetuses, such as aspirin; you can use them under the guidance of a doctor. Use antipyretics and analgesics such as acetaminophen. Traditional Chinese medicine can effectively control the cold virus, and Chinese medicine prescriptions are a better way to treat colds in pregnant women.

The main methods for treating and preventing heat colds are:

1. When you have a cold, you must sleep more. If your body temperature rises, but it feels only slightly higher than normal, you can drink some naturally cooled boiled water, drink more water and go to the toilet more often to eliminate toxins and internal heat in the body in time.

2. Boil water with fresh lilies until they are soft. Eat the lilies and drink the lily water instead of your daily drinking water to remove internal heat and prevent colds caused by internal heat. Lily water is also very effective for sore throats. This is my favorite because lily has a naturally sweet flavor. The taste of lily water is similar to boiled water, nothing special.

3. Eat light meals, for example, only drink millet porridge and pickles, or eat only vegetables and fruits for one or two days, and no meat. Eating less fish and meat for one or two days will not have any effect on you and your baby. You can also reduce the amount of staple food appropriately. For example, if you usually eat 2 taels of rice in one meal, then you can leave a small spoonful of it uneaten during the meal.

4. Use 2 or 3 pieces of scallion (must be fresh scallion, not other parts), about the length of your thumb, add 2 or 3 slices of peeled ginger, add water and boil together. Both ingredients should be put into the pot with cold water and boil together. It is best to use a casserole instead of a metal pot. You can boil it down to 2 or 3 times the amount (and boil it again next time you drink it), but I only boil down a small bowl of it each time. After drinking it while it is hot, cover yourself with a blanket and have a sleep immediately. It helps to reduce fever and induce sweating.

5. Use the root of the cabbage, which is the part that we don’t use and is often cut off when eating cabbage. Wash it, add green onion and boil it in water. Drink it while it is hot. It has the effect of reducing fever and inducing sweating.

The most important thing to note for pregnant women with colds and runny noses in the summer is the use of medication. Patients should not take medication indiscriminately. Many cold medicines after pregnancy will harm the development of the fetus. It is recommended not to use Western medicine. If you decide to take oral medication, you must go to the hospital for examination and take the medicine prescribed by the doctor. You can also use folk remedies to treat it, but you cannot leave it untreated for a long time. Although the cold can heal itself, the fetus is also susceptible to bacterial infection, so treatment is a very important link.