Expectant mothers, of course, are aware of the need to be careful about their health during pregnancy. But the insidious cold or ARVI can “sneak up” unnoticed and bring with it multiple problems. How to treat cough during pregnancy in the first trimester - we will tell further.
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Features of the treatment of cough during pregnancy in the 1st trimester
Cough is the body's response to an incoming stimulus. It can provoke allergies, viruses and other pathogens.
Note! Coughing is not a disease; it is only a symptom of a certain disease. Therefore, coughing during pregnancy is dangerous as a sign of possible developing disorders in the body. Pregnant women should not ignore this symptom, because coughing may endanger the fetus.
This symptom is especially dangerous in the first trimester of pregnancy. Attacks of convulsive dry cough can cause tension in the abdominal muscles and further tone of the uterus, which can provoke a miscarriage or premature delivery.
Advice! The expectant mother should be especially attentive to the barking cough, accompanied by wheezing. This symptom may indicate a dangerous disease caused by viruses, in particular, whooping cough. Such a pathology often becomes the cause of fetal malformations. A pregnant woman who has monitored a cough with wheezing should immediately visit a doctor.
Pregnancy leaves a certain imprint on the lifestyle of the expectant mother, since multiple restrictions come into force, not only nutritional, but, in particular, medication.
If a woman bearing a child observes signs of coughing, she is strictly prohibited:
- Ignore disturbing symptoms. You should not expect that the cough will gradually go away on its own. Although doctors say that when using, for example, folk remedies and a good sputum separation, coughing can go away on its own. However, you should not risk it, because the woman’s immunity is weakened by pregnancy, and therefore the lack of therapy is likely to cause complications or transform the ailment into a chronic one. Especially when it comes to dry, paroxysmal cough.
- Use antibiotics without medical advice. In the early stages of pregnancy, the barrier function of the placenta is not fully formed. Everything that enters the blood of a pregnant woman affects the fetus. A number of antibiotics are considered toxic and can cause a dead pregnancy or subsequent fetal development problems.
- Carry out warming procedures. Banks, foot baths, mustard plasters stimulate blood circulation in the pelvis and can cause miscarriage at the beginning of pregnancy.
- Use essential oils often. The latter have a strong effect on the respiratory system, therefore, a similar method of treatment should be approached with caution.
Also, pregnant women in the 1st trimester are banned a number of electrical procedures: magnetotherapy, electrophoresis, etc.
Drug therapy for expectant mothers
Treatment of cough during pregnancy is sometimes impossible without the use of medications. But, since most of them are prohibited for pregnant women, the selection should be carried out by a doctor. You should also consider the features of the treatment of dry and wet cough.
Dry Cough Medications
Dry cough during pregnancy is treated with the following medications:
- Mukaltin, marshmallow syrup. It is permissible to take these herbal preparations without fear;
- Pulsatilla, Stodal. When using the last syrup, it is worth considering that it contains ethanol;
- Bronchicum, Herbion. These drugs can be prescribed solely on the recommendation of a doctor, since their effect on the mother and child has not been thoroughly studied.
If the cough is allergic, a woman should rinse her nose with saline or saline. It is permissible to carry out inhalation with Borjomi.
Advice! If a dry cough does not go away for a long time, in addition, the patient has a high fever, you should immediately visit a doctor.
Medicines for a wet condition
Cough medicines if the latter is accompanied by wet discharge, should have a coughing effect.
Preparations of this type are divided into two varieties:
- Mucolytics. These include medicines based on bromhexine (Phlegamine, Mucodex), ambroxol (Ambrosan, Trisolvin), as well as chymotrypsin.
- Mukokinetics. Presents irritant drugs. By acting on gastric receptors, they stimulate sputum discharge. It is permissible for pregnant women to use sodium bicarbonate, ammonium chloride.
The daily dose of Mucaltin for pregnant women is 200 mg / day, Bromhexine and Ambroxol - 2 tablets twice a day. Lowering the dose may make therapy ineffective.
If the pregnant woman needs to remove bronchospasm, it is permissible to carry out inhalation based on ephedrine or euphilin.
In extremely rare cases, penicillin (1,000,000 units / day) is recommended for pregnant women to stop the symptoms of acute bronchitis.
The following drugs are contraindicated for pregnant women:
- Flux
- Glycodine;
- Pertussin;
- Broncholitin.
This list of banned drugs is far from complete. Drug therapy for cough in pregnant women should be agreed with the doctor.
Effective and safe folk remedies
Elimination of cough with medications can be supplemented with folk remedies that are easily prepared at home. The main components of folk recipes are different components.
Honey. Apply externally or orally. A sweet product helps eliminate dry cough symptoms. It is effective in terms of improving the discharge of sputum separated from the bronchi.
External use of honey:
- Twice a day to carry out rubbing of the chest.
- Use the product to prepare compresses placed all night on the chest. It is convenient to fix honey with cling film.
Inside use:
- Add 1 tsp. honey in a warm (not hot) drink.
- Dissolve 1 tsp. product three times a day.
It is permissible to take the following mixture:
- honey - 2 tbsp. l .;
- black radish - 1 tbsp. l
Mixed ingredients are taken three times a day.
Important! Bee products can be allergens. If during the "honey therapy" a woman felt unusual symptoms, the product should be abandoned.
Warm milk. Helps to reduce coughing, eliminates the sensation of sore throat. Heated milk is drunk in small sips. It is also acceptable to combine milk with still mineral water (1: 1). Drink a day in a glass, preheating.
Herbs. A popular cough recipe contains thyme. Grass in the amount of 1 tbsp. l pour 1 tbsp. boiling water and insist hour. After decantation, the liquid is consumed in 1 tbsp. l four times a day before meals.
Some herbs are not allowed to be used by pregnant women in the process of making various coughing preparations.
These include:
- St. John's wort
- liquorice root;
- ginkgo biloba;
- coltsfoot;
- echinacea.
These plants can cause fetal mutations and allergies in the mother.
Advice! Treatment with folk remedies must certainly be discussed with a doctor. In addition, the pregnant woman must monitor the reaction of her body to certain components of the recipes.
Prevention methods
The expectant mother should protect herself from various diseases, since she is responsible not only for her own health, but also for the small creature that is still in her womb.
In order not to have to puzzle over the choice of cough therapy at the beginning of pregnancy, a number of preventive measures should be taken into account:
- Avoid direct contact with sick people.
- Less likely to be in public places.
- Treat the nasal mucosa with Oxolin (it is permissible to use a fat cream).
- If visits to crowded places could not be avoided, after returning home you need to wash your hands with soap and rinse your nose with saline.
- More often walking, best near the forest / in the park.
- Avoid long trips, sudden changes in climate, temperatures.
Pregnant women are limited in their choice of medicines for treating colds. In these cases, doctors recommend taking a plant-based remedy. An additional way to treat cough is the traditional medicine recipes used to gargle, rub, rub, ingestion, etc.
