Know a little about “medicine” | How to use medicine for cold and fever during breastfeeding?

In the hot summer, air conditioners have become a good partner for people to prevent heatstroke and cool down. However, if you are too eager to cool down, you should be careful of "air conditioning disease" that will come uninvited. Xiaofang, who is still breastfeeding, caught a cold and had a fever. The family is very entangled: if she doesn't take medicine, the mother will feel uncomfortable; if she takes medicine, she is worried that it will affect the baby. So how to use medicine for colds and fevers during breastfeeding?

Colds and fevers during breastfeeding need to be treated symptomatically depending on the specific situation. If the symptoms are mild, drinking more warm water, eating a light diet, and taking rest can relieve them without medication.

If the symptoms are severe, you need to take the right medicine: if the body temperature is higher than 38.5℃, you can choose antipyretics such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen; if the fever is caused by bacterial cold, you need to use antibiotics such as penicillin or cephalosporin; if you have a cough, you can take dextromethorphan to relieve cough and expectorant. The above medicines can be used safely by breastfeeding mothers and will not affect breastfeeding. But please note that if the cold does not get better after a week, please be sure to seek medical attention in time.