What to do if you have phlegm in your throat during pregnancy

If we have phlegm in our body, it is a manifestation of weak spleen and stomach function, and such a situation will also cause the inability to digest food normally. The phlegm in the throat during pregnancy is caused by eating too much high-calorie, high-fat food. As the phlegm continues to increase, heat will be generated, and a lot of garbage will naturally accumulate at this time. So what should you do if there is phlegm in your throat during pregnancy? Let’s learn more about it.

Ways to prevent phlegm in the throat of pregnant women :

1. Pregnant women should increase their physical energy consumption appropriately. Generally, pregnant women gain weight easily. Their bodies consume less calories and store more calories, which makes it easy for phlegm to be produced in the body.

2. Pregnant women should eat less greasy fat, beef, mutton and other high-calorie foods. As the delivery date approaches, the pregnant woman's body becomes smaller and she should eat more or less high-calorie food.

3. Eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C. The most important effect is to improve the body's immunity of pregnant women.

4. Drink some black tea after meals. Black tea can help digestion, remove greasiness, stimulate appetite, and promote health

, promote appetite, act as a diuretic and eliminate edema. It can be drunk with milk. People who drink tea without milk have a relatively high proportion of oxalic acid in their bodies. Oxalic acid can generally be excreted from the body with urine. However, for some people, some oxalic acid will still accumulate in the body and eventually form kidney stones. The calcium in milk can combine with oxalic acid, allowing it to be excreted smoothly.

5. Take some medicine to clear lung heat. Because heat (high fever) in the lungs can easily cause phlegm, eating some Chinese medicine or food that can clear lung heat can be effective.

What to do if a pregnant woman coughs and has phlegm

1. When you find a mild cough, you can drink more cold boiled water to relieve the cough symptoms. Generally speaking, drinking more warm boiled water will make pregnant women sweat slightly, and can also replenish moisture in the throat of pregnant women, thereby alleviating cough symptoms. Under normal circumstances, doctors do not recommend the use of medication to treat mild colds and coughs.

2. Drinking salt water is effective in relieving coughs caused by bronchitis, pharyngitis and respiratory tract infections, and can play a preventive role.

3. To make ginger soup, put two slices of fresh ginger into 500 ml of cold water, boil it, then add a spoonful of brown sugar and give it to pregnant women. This is mainly because ginger has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, while brown sugar has the effect of warming the middle and harmonizing the stomach. This method is suitable for cough caused by colds.

4. Boil water with pears, rock sugar and red dates to drink: Preparation method: cut the pear into cubes, boil it with red dates first, then add rock sugar and continue boiling. This is a simple and easy method and drinking a few cups a day will help treat your cough.