What causes hoarseness in pregnant women?

Pregnant women need to pay special attention to all kinds of physical care and health care during pregnancy, because many times when the body has some discomfort and blindly take medicine, the impact and harm will become greater, and it will also cause harm to the fetus. So everyone needs to understand what reasons are likely to cause pregnant women to have hoarse voices, so that they can be solved correctly and effectively.

Pregnancy Aphonia

Pregnant women experience hoarseness or even inability to speak due to pregnancy, which is called "pregnancy aphonia", also known as "zi" or "pregnancy hoarseness". The main feature of this disease is aphonia due to pregnancy, and it often occurs in the late pregnancy. It is mostly caused by insufficient kidney yin. Clinical manifestations are often accompanied by symptoms of yin deficiency such as dizziness, tinnitus, burning palms, red cheeks, palpitations, irritability, and dry throat. It can be divided into two types: Qi deficiency and Qi excess.

After experiencing pregnancy aphonia, pregnant women should not be too nervous. They should pay attention to resting quietly and talk less. The diet should be light and nourishing, and avoid spicy, bitter, sour and hot foods to avoid damaging the body fluids. Pregnant women should be given medicines to nourish the lungs and kidneys, and to invigorate qi and open the voice as appropriate, but no treatment is needed. After a pregnant woman gives birth at full term, her voice will recover naturally.

Qi deficiency

Pregnant women have insufficient Qi and Yin in their bodies, and their kidney essence is deficient, their lungs are weak and their Qi is weak. Furthermore, as the fetus gradually grows during pregnancy, the Yin blood nourishes the fetus, and the Yin fluid becomes increasingly deficient. The kidney essence cannot flow upward, and as a result, the metal and stone cannot make sounds. Symptoms of pregnancy include hoarseness, dizziness, fatigue, back pain, weak limbs, dry throat and mouth, short and dark urine, and dry and hard stools. The tongue coating is peeling or cracked, and the pulse is thin, smooth and rapid.

The basic principle of treatment is to invigorate Qi and nourish the kidney, nourish the lungs and improve voice. The first choice is Bamboo Leaf and Ophiopogon Decoction combined with Six Flavors and Rehmannia Decoction.

Qi Shi

The patient's fetal qi is excessive, which blocks the kidney meridian, and the body fluid cannot reach the base of the tongue, resulting in a hoarse voice. The main symptoms are that the pregnant woman has a sturdy body, a heavy and low voice or no voice at all, phlegm in the throat, chest tightness and discomfort, and constipation. The tongue coating is thin, the tongue quality is normal, and the pulse is stringy and slippery.

The basic principles of treatment are to soothe the qi, relieve the voice, resolve phlegm and relieve sore throat. The first choice is the slimming drink with modifications.

To prevent this disease, pregnant women should pay attention to nourishing kidney yin, such as eating more foods or tonics such as white fungus, lily, black sesame, American ginseng, and polygonatum.

The above reasons are all the reasons that can cause pregnant women to have hoarse voices. Through the analysis of these common sense, everyone should have a more scientific understanding of these common sense in life. When pregnant women find that their voices are hoarse, or there are some abnormal conditions, they should take scientific conditioning and treatment.