What to do if you have a cold and stuffy nose during early pregnancy

People are relatively weak during pregnancy because it takes two people to digest the food that one person eats. Therefore, you must pay attention to physical changes during pregnancy to avoid affecting the normal development of the fetus. If you catch a cold during pregnancy, what should you do? Let’s take a look at what to do if you catch a cold and have a stuffy nose in early pregnancy?

1. When a pregnant woman has just developed a cold and nasal congestion, the condition is relatively mild and is not accompanied by fever. She does not need to take medicine to treat it. She should drink more warm water, rest, and drink chicken soup, which can help relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion and runny nose during a cold and clear respiratory viruses.

2. Many people feel itchy nose and throat when they first catch a cold, which can be cured by doing 2-3 times of gymnastics. The method is: stand upright with your feet slightly apart, straighten your neck, raise your head as far as possible, open your eyes wide, stick out your tongue as long as possible, straighten all ten fingers of both hands, and then exert force from the top of your head to your hands and toes until your whole body trembles and makes a continuous "ah" sound, repeat 2-3 times.

3. You can also use diet therapy: 20 grams of ginger and 100 grams of white rice, cook them together, add 20 grams of washed and chopped green onion with roots, continue to cook, and when the porridge is almost ready, add 10 milliliters of rice vinegar, cook it for a while, and take it while it is hot. After taking it, you should cover yourself with a blanket and lie down quietly to allow your body to sweat slightly.

4. If a pregnant woman's cold is more serious, with symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose but also fever, physical cooling is needed, such as warm water bath or ice compress. If the condition cannot be controlled, seek medical attention immediately. Especially in the early stages of pregnancy, if the cold and high fever are not handled properly, there is a possibility of miscarriage in severe cases.

5. During the period when pregnant women have a cold, they should pay attention to the following foods that are prohibited from being eaten: Avoid spicy and hot foods: Spicy and hot foods such as peppers and mustard can easily help produce fire and phlegm, making the phlegm thick and difficult to cough up, aggravating the headache and nasal congestion of pregnant women. Pregnant women must not overeat. Avoid grilled and fried foods: Grilled and fried foods such as fried toast, fried pork chops, barbecue, etc., although they smell tempting, they are difficult to digest and will delay recovery.

The above introduces what to do if you have a cold and nasal congestion in early pregnancy? The condition of pregnant women can be alleviated through some diet or physical methods. It is best not to take medicine, because miscarriage is most likely to occur in the early stages of pregnancy, so mothers must pay attention to their physical condition.