What should I do if I catch a cold in early pregnancy?

Women's resistance will decrease during pregnancy, but in order to give birth to a healthy baby in the future, women must pay more attention to conditioning in their daily lives. If a woman catches a cold, she cannot use some medicines at will to treat it. The main reason is that such medicines may affect the fetus in the womb. How should a mother deal with a cold during pregnancy?

Pregnancy is a particularly critical period for a woman, and special attention must be paid to the use of medication. Whether to take cold medicine in the early stage depends mainly on the time of conception. Generally speaking, it starts from the last menstrual period. Within 4 weeks, the fetus has not yet implanted in the uterus, and the medicine has basically no effect, so you don’t need to be overly nervous. From the 5th week to the 12th week is the fetal formation period, which is teratogenic and highly sensitive. It is best not to take medicine. If you take medicine, you must be under the guidance of a doctor.

Taking medications in early pregnancy will still have a certain impact on the fetus. After all, all drugs have certain side effects. The specific situation varies from person to person, and the specific degree of impact also varies according to personal physical constitution. If you want to have a healthy baby, you need to strictly do pregnancy checkups, do Down syndrome screening at 14-19 weeks of pregnancy, do four-dimensional color ultrasound prenatal fetal anomaly screening at 22-26 weeks of pregnancy, and do regular pregnancy checkups.

For mild colds during pregnancy, if there are only sneezing, runny nose and mild cough, no medication is needed. You can rest and drink plenty of water. If the symptoms do not improve and continue to worsen, you can use Chinese patent medicines such as Isatis Root Granules. If you have a high fever or severe cough, you should go to the hospital for treatment. Pregnant women with prolonged high fever or those with colds complicated by bacterial infections should go to the internal medicine department of a regular hospital for examination and treatment in a timely manner.

The editor reminds women that they should actively do some exercise in the early stages of pregnancy, which can not only enhance women's physical fitness, but also prevent some diseases. The editor recommends that women during pregnancy should go to the hospital regularly for prenatal check-ups. If some diseases are found in the body, timely treatment is needed. During the treatment period, women should choose to eat more vitamin-rich foods, which can enhance people's resistance.