How to relieve cold and cough during breastfeeding

Female friends must pay great attention to their physical health during breastfeeding, because their physical health will directly affect the health of their baby, and breastfeeding women cannot take any medicines, otherwise it will affect the quality of milk. Let us learn about the methods to relieve colds and coughs during breastfeeding.

Mitigation methods:

(1) The cause of the cough should be identified and appropriate measures should be taken. Infection, anti-infection, elimination; or against allergens, with symptomatic treatment, to make the cough and expectorant medicine have a good effect.

(2) For cough, the main treatment should be expectoration, and it is not advisable to use only antitussive drugs. Antitussive drugs should only be used for a short period of time when there are frequent and severe coughs caused by irritation of the pleura, pericardium, etc., or when there are frequent irritating dry coughs with little sputum, during rest and sleep, to prevent complications caused by severe coughing (such as pulmonary vascular rupture, emphysema, bronchiectasis, hemoptysis). For patients with cough accompanied by excessive sputum, expectorants (such as ammonium chloride, bromhexine, acetylcysteine) should be used together to facilitate the discharge of sputum and enhance cough suppression.

(3) For wet cough with a lot of sputum, such as lung abscess, the drug should be used with caution to prevent sputum from being blocked and retained in the respiratory tract or causing infection.

(4) Coughs that last for more than one week and are accompanied by recurrent or persistent coughs with fever, rash, asthma, and lung abscess should be treated promptly.

(5) In addition to taking medication, you should also pay attention to rest, keep warm, avoid smoking, and avoid eating irritating foods. Tranquilizers or sedatives can be used for those who have poor sleep or are irritable.

The above article will give you a detailed introduction to the methods to relieve colds and coughs during breastfeeding. I believe that everyone has a relatively preliminary understanding. Then, in normal times, it is best not to stay up late or work busy, and pay attention to a good rest.