What should pregnant women do if they catch a cold in summer?

Pregnant women's bodies are very sensitive, and their resistance will be affected, so they often catch colds. It is also very common for pregnant women to catch colds in summer. Colds are related to using air conditioners or fans, so the treatment of such colds is more complicated. So what should pregnant women do if they catch a cold in summer? Pregnant patients are advised to use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. At this time, you should first check the type of cold and carry out regular treatment based on the relevant characteristics of the disease.

Traditional Chinese medicine divides colds into three types: wind-cold, wind-heat and summer-heat. Due to the different types of diseases, the medicines used are also different:

The symptoms of wind-cold type cold are headache without sweating, pain in the limbs, heavy nasal congestion, clear runny nose, cough, white and thin sputum, no thirst, and white tongue coating. Treatment can include Liuwei Decoction, Guizhi Granules and other wind-dispelling and cold-relieving medicines.

The symptoms of wind-heat type cold are high fever, slight chills, headache, nasal discharge or yellow mucus, sore throat, cough with thick yellow sputum, thirst, and yellow or thin white tongue coating. You can choose to use Shuanghuanglian, antiviral oral liquid, Vitamin C Yinqiao tablets, Qingrejiedu granules and other wind-dispersing and heat-clearing drugs.

For summer-heat and dampness colds, you should relieve the symptoms and dispel the heat, and you can choose to use Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, etc.

According to the type of cold, we recommend several commonly used Chinese patent medicines for your reference:

1. Summer-heat and dampness cold: Commonly used medicines include Huoxiang Zhengqi (water) capsules, Wushi tea, Baoji pills, etc. If you have diarrhea symptoms, you can take some antidiarrheal medicine.

2. Wind-cold cold: mainly use pungent and warm herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used medicines include Jiuwei Qianghuo Granules, Jingfangdu Powder Granules, etc.

3. Wind-heat cold: mainly use spicy and cool herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used medicines include Fupu cold granules, Isatis root granules, antiviral oral liquid, Yinqiao Jiedu tablets, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Lingyang Qingfei pills, Qingreling, Qingkailing, etc.

What medicine should I take for a summer cold? Summer colds are also called heat-damp colds and heat colds. This type of cold is caused by the summer heat and high humidity. At this time, everyone tends to stay cool, such as using air conditioning, and feel the wind and cold.

From the symptom point of view, the symptoms of wind-cold cold, wind-heat cold and summer-heat cold include nasal congestion, runny nose and fever. The difference is that wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds mostly occur in autumn, winter and spring, with mild fever and severe chills. Summer-heat and dampness cold is a cold unique to summer, with severe fever and mild aversion to cold. Generally, patients do not feel cold, but just have fever and sweat a lot but the fever does not go away.

Traditional Chinese medicine mainly uses prescriptions and medicines that clear away heat and dampness to treat summer-heat and dampness colds. Common Chinese patent medicines include Qushu Pills, Shushi Ganmao Granules, Jinyi Qushu Pills, Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills, Qingshu Yiqi Pills and Xiaoer Shuganning Syrup, etc. Shure Ganmao Granules, Qingliang Granules and Yinhuang Injection can also be used for treatment.

What should pregnant women do if they catch a cold in summer? Pregnant women should establish the correct concept of treating colds. Summer colds are the same as ordinary colds. No medicine is needed for treatment, but it can also be treated with dietary remedies. The treatment method should be divided according to the severity and type of the cold. Do not take medicine blindly. Inappropriate treatment will aggravate the disease and cause viral infection to the fetus, which will cause more serious damage.