What to do if you have pharyngitis during pregnancy? How to treat pharyngitis

During pregnancy, pregnant women have poor body resistance and are easily infected by bacteria and viruses, which can easily lead to problems such as pharyngitis. What should I do if pharyngitis occurs during pregnancy? Do not take any medication casually as it may affect the fetus.

1: Pregnant women may have sore throats due to wind-heat colds, getting angry, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, etc., and they are often unable to distinguish the specific causes. It is recommended that if you feel unwell, you should consult a doctor in time for diagnosis, and receive treatment or medication according to the condition and gestational age. Do not take medication or folk remedies at will, as personal constitutions vary. It is not suitable to use the same method for everyone, which will delay the disease or affect the health of the fetus.

1: Zhaohai point is the intersection point of eight meridians. It has the function of absorbing heat and generating energy, which can just relieve the heat syndrome of sore throat. Pressing and rubbing this point can clear the throat and relieve sore throat. It is mainly used to treat dry throat, sore throat, and is suitable for acute and chronic tonsillitis and pharyngitis. This point is located on the inner side of the foot, in the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus. The pressure should not be too strong, and should be enough to feel soreness, numbness, and swelling. The best time is 5 to 10 minutes. The effect will be better if you press the Lieque point.

1: Maintain oral hygiene and gargle with concentrated salt water or mouthwash, which is beneficial to reduce the bacteria in the oral cavity and pharyngeal crypts, help shorten the course of the disease, and reduce inflammation and kill bacteria. Gargling 5-8 times a day will significantly relieve throat pain. You should also drink more warm water and urinate more often, which can effectively clear out toxins from the body.

1: When a pregnant woman has a sore throat, she should eat light and warm food and avoid spicy and greasy food to avoid irritating the throat mucosa, helping to generate heat and aggravating the condition. She can drink porridge, soy milk, milk, vegetable soup, etc. When you have a cough, eat less citrus fruits such as oranges and tangerines. For sore throat caused by heat cold, you can eat some rock sugar pear water or carrot soup; the following diet therapy can be selected appropriately according to personal situation:

2: Use Luo Han Guo for sore throat caused by lung heat. Luo Han Guo can clear the lungs and relieve throat. It is suitable for pharyngitis and sore throat caused by lung heat. People with pharyngitis and aphonia can drink monk fruit tea: take 2 monk fruits, mash them, boil them in boiling water for 1 minute and drink. When there is a foreign body sensation in the throat, you can make monk fruit and pear soup: 1 monk fruit and 1 snow pear, peel and core them, cut them into pieces, put them together in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and simmer for 30 minutes, and drink 1 dose a day instead of tea.

3: Use honeysuckle for sore throat caused by wind-heat. Honeysuckle can resist inflammation and reduce fever, and is suitable for acute pharyngitis. People who have a wind-heat cold accompanied by a red, swollen and painful throat can drink honeysuckle and olive tea: take 10 grams of honeysuckle and 5 olives, wash the honeysuckle and olives, add 600 ml of water and boil, and drink it instead of tea. Honeysuckle is cold in nature, and people with weak spleen and stomach may easily suffer from diarrhea after drinking it.

If you don't pay attention, you will be easily invaded by bacteria and experience various discomforts. So what should a pregnant woman do when she has a sore throat? The above is how to deal with pharyngitis during pregnancy. Pregnant women should pay more attention to maintenance to avoid the occurrence of certain diseases.