What are the dangers of cold medicine to pregnancy?

Pregnant women are very careful during pregnancy. In life, pregnant women have many precautions to pay attention to and cannot eat many foods. However, everyone has colds, and pregnancy is no exception. Some pregnant women will also have colds during pregnancy. When they have a cold, many pregnant women do not consider seeking medical treatment in time, and then blindly take medicine for themselves, causing harm to the fetus. So let's take a look at the effects of cold medicine on pregnancy:

1. If you accidentally take cold medicine, you can observe the growth of the fetus through prenatal examination. If the fetus does not develop normally, it is recommended to terminate the pregnancy, but observation must be made first.

2. Drugs can affect or stimulate the fetus's nervous and developmental systems. Therefore, the use of medication can easily cause fetal developmental deformities or damage to the fetal internal organs, leaving sequelae. So can pregnant women take cold medicine in the early stages of pregnancy? It is best not to take medicine.

3. There are different types of drugs, some of which can easily pass through the placenta, while others cannot. Penicillins (can be used when necessary if pregnant women are not allergic) and sulfonamide antibiotics, sex hormone preparations, and vitamin A preparations can be easily passed, so it is equivalent to the fetus and the mother taking the same medicine. However, large-molecule thyroid hormone drugs cannot pass through the placenta, so they have no effect on the fetus. Therefore, the answer to whether pregnant women can take cold medicine cannot be generalized.

Generally speaking, almost all Western medicines are prohibited for pregnant women, but some Chinese medicines can be taken when pregnant women have a cold! Such as Isatis Root Granules, Yinqiao Jiedu Pills, etc. Of course, although pregnant women can take cold medicines, the preferred method for treating colds in pregnant women is of course diet therapy.

4. There are indeed many contraindications to taking medicines during pregnancy, but this does not mean that any medicine cannot be used. The effect of medicines on the fetus depends not only on the toxicity and physical and chemical characteristics of the medicines, but is also closely related to the fetal age at the time of use. For the health of the fetus, please seek medical attention in a timely manner and use the medicine correctly under the guidance of a doctor.

At the same time, the medicines for early pregnancy are as follows:

1. Xinyi Folic Acid Tablets: Prevent congenital neural tube defects in the fetus, early pregnancy.

2. Silian Folic Acid Tablets: Prevent congenital neural tube defects in the fetus, early pregnancy.

3. Same as Calcium Folinate Tablets: megaloblastic anemia during pregnancy.

4. Kangnai Multivitamin Capsules (13): Vitamin and mineral supplement for pregnant and lactating women.

You must pay attention. If you catch a cold during pregnancy and don’t know what medicine to take, you must seek medical attention in time and take cold medicine under the guidance of a doctor. This can avoid harm to the fetus. However, a cold in pregnant women can also be harmful to the fetus, so pregnant women also need to be treated for a cold in time. However, when choosing medicine, it is best to choose Chinese medicine, which will not cause harm to the fetus.