Can I take antipyretics when I'm pregnant?

After pregnancy, women's physical health undergoes various changes and problems. Because during pregnancy, women's bodies are prone to decreased resistance and low immunity. So viruses and bacteria begin to invade, and then pregnant women start to get sick and have fever. If pregnant women want to take medication to treat the disease, they should consult carefully. You can just follow the doctor's instructions for treatment, but can you take antipyretics when you are pregnant?

What are the mistakes in taking medicine for fever in pregnant women?

Some pregnant women are reluctant to go to the hospital when they have a cold or fever, and prefer to take medicine at home to reduce the fever. Have you ever made any of these common misunderstandings?

1. Misunderstanding 1: Taking a large amount of antipyretic drugs

In order to reduce fever quickly, many pregnant women often do not follow doctor's advice and take excessive amounts of antipyretics. In fact, this is harmful to the fetus. Just keep your body temperature below high fever and prevent heat shock. When taking antipyretics, you must pay attention to the replenishment of water and electrolytes. Oral antipyretics need to be used alternately with physical cooling measures, especially for pregnant women, it is better to use physical cooling measures.

2. Myth 2: High fever = serious illness, low fever = mild illness

Some pregnant women think that the higher the fever, the more serious the condition. This view is one-sided. If the body enters a state of severe exhaustion and has a low response ability, it is often the case that the person should have a fever but does not, should have a high fever but has a low fever, or even has a body temperature lower than normal. Fever is just a symptom, which is the body's response to bacterial and viral heat sources. The severity of the disease cannot be measured by the level of fever. Of course, a fever that is too high can harm the balance of the body's internal environment and cause complications.

3. Myth 3: Treating fever as soon as it occurs

Fever is an active defense reaction of the body and a process in which the human immune cells fight against foreign pathogens. Fever caused by many important diseases has its own special "fever type". Identifying the "fever type" can help doctors make a correct diagnosis.

If the fever subsides immediately, it may sometimes mask the disease conditions and be unfavorable for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Therefore, pregnant women should take medications under the guidance of a doctor and not act on their own to avoid harming themselves and the fetus. Generally, pregnant women do not need to take antipyretics if their body temperature is below 38°C and their mental state is good.