What to do if you have a severe cold during early pregnancy

In the early stages of pregnancy, people are very cautious, fearing that something might go wrong that might cause problems for the fetus in their womb, especially if they catch a cold during pregnancy. This can make people feel very depressed, and they don’t know what to do at all, and they dare not use medications indiscriminately. But in fact, if your cold is relatively mild, you don’t need to take any treatment. Just pay attention to resting for a few days and you will get better.

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For those with mild common cold symptoms, they will get better after a few days of rest without taking any medicine. If the condition is serious and requires medication, it must be done under the consent and guidance of a doctor.

If it is a mild cold: you can choose pure Chinese patent medicine such as Isatis Root Granules, drink more water, and get enough rest, the cold will heal soon.

Cold, high fever and severe cough: You can use Bupleurum injection to reduce fever and pure Chinese herbal cough syrup to relieve cough. At the same time, you can also use a wet towel for cold compresses and wipe the area with about 30% alcohol to physically dissolve the confusion.

What should pregnant women do if they have a cold and fever?

Experts recommend taking Chinese patent medicine. Colds are self-limiting diseases and recovery is a natural process. The purpose of taking medicine is only to relieve various symptoms. Like other patients, pregnant women will recover from colds on their own after about a week of treatment.

Since most antiviral drugs are not suitable for pregnant women, special care should be taken when using drugs to treat viral colds in pregnant women. First of all, the mother's own resistance should be the main focus, and then some drugs that do not affect the health of the mother and baby should be considered as appropriate. For pregnant women with mild cold symptoms, we first recommend that they drink more water and ginger soup, get more rest, and try their best to rely on their own immunity and resistance to fight the disease. If this doesn't work, you might as well use some mild Chinese patent medicine. Pregnant women who have a cold and take medicine for treatment are afraid of affecting the fetus. Here are some ways to treat a cold without taking medicine or injections:

1. When your throat starts to itch and hurt at the beginning of a cold, immediately gargle and rinse your mouth and throat with concentrated salt water every 10 minutes. It will be effective after more than 10 times.

2. Drinking chicken soup can relieve symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose during a cold, and it is also effective in clearing respiratory viruses. Drinking chicken soup regularly can enhance the body's natural resistance and prevent the occurrence of colds.

3. Use a metal spoon to warm it in boiling water (not to the extent that it does not burn your hands), then place it on the "cold-treating point" on the surface of your palm and massage. If there is any abnormality in any area, strengthen the massage there. After a short heat massage, stimulate the area with a spoon soaked in cold water. For those with mild colds or coughs, stimulate 5-10 times using the above method. The cold-treating point on the palm is located between the thumb and index finger of the left hand (near the base of the thumb) and on the palm surface below the second joint of the right thumb.

4. Pour hot water at about 42°C into a thermos teacup. People with a cold should put their mouth and nose into the cup and continuously inhale the hot steam, three times a day.