What to do if pregnant women have bacterial colds

Every time we take some medicine, the instructions will remind us that pregnant women should use it with caution. This fully demonstrates that pregnant women are in a special period and must pay special attention to the use of medications and injections. Bacterial colds in pregnant women are a type of epidemic cold. What should we do if pregnant women have bacterial colds?

1. For mild colds, if there are only sneezing, runny nose and mild cough, no medication is needed. You can take rest, drink plenty of water and keep warm. It can often be cured without treatment. If the symptoms still do not improve, you can take Chinese patent medicines such as Ganmao Qingre Chongji or Banlangen Chongji orally.

2. For those with severe colds and high fever, in addition to general treatment, the body temperature should be controlled as soon as possible. Physical cooling methods can be used, such as placing ice cubes on the forehead and neck, cold compresses with wet towels, rubbing the neck and armpits on both sides with 30%-35% alcohol (or liquor diluted with water to one time), etc.; you can also choose to use drugs to cool down. When choosing antipyretic analgesics, avoid using drugs that have obvious adverse effects on pregnant women, fetuses and newborns, such as aspirin. You can use acetaminophen, Bupleurum injection and other drugs under the guidance of a doctor.

3. For colds combined with bacterial infections, antibiotics should be added for treatment.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine can effectively control the cold virus and is non-toxic, so the syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine prescriptions are the best ways to treat colds in pregnant women.

During pregnancy, careful use of medication is not only beneficial to your physical health, but also to your fetus. If you are not careful when using medication, it will also affect the development of the fetus. The above solutions to bacterial colds in pregnant women follow certain scientific and basis. I hope the above information can be helpful to you.