What to do if a pregnant woman coughs and has white phlegm

During pregnancy, pregnant women may have reduced immunity and be more susceptible to diseases such as colds. However, most mothers are unwilling to take medicine or have intravenous drips during pregnancy because they are afraid that it will affect the baby's development. When you have a cold, you will cough. If you have white phlegm when you cough, but you don’t want to take medicine, what should you do? Let’s learn about it together!

What to do if a pregnant woman coughs and has white 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.

What to eat when pregnant women have a cough:

1. If water chestnuts are eaten raw, they must be disinfected to prevent parasitic infection. Soaking them in light salt water can have a disinfecting effect.

2. Apples can be put into cold water together with soaked white fungus to cook soup. You can also add wolfberry, dates, etc., which can moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

3. Eating pears with rock sugar can also clear away heat and treat coughs.

The above is some information about pregnant women coughing with white sputum. Family members can buy more of the above foods for pregnant women to eat, which is both healthy and can relieve the symptoms. Pregnant women can choose some appropriate yoga movements in their daily lives, which can not only improve their physical fitness, but also be very beneficial for childbirth if they want to give birth naturally.