Cough is a common phenomenon, it usually accompanies colds, less often - other diseases. More often than all others, coughing occurs in pregnant women, which is associated with a weakening of immunity in this position. This article will discuss how to treat cough during pregnancy 2 trimesters.
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Features of the treatment of cough during pregnancy in the 2nd trimester
Many fear coughing in principle, considering it a disease. In fact, he is only a symptom of various diseases, their clinical manifestation. It can be a cold or an allergy, some other reason. So just treating a cough during pregnancy (in the sense of suppressing the cough itself) is not advisable. It is more important to identify the cause and treat it, including getting rid of the cough, because it not only causes the woman inconvenience, but also can harm the health of the child.
What can cause a cough during pregnancy?
We will name the main:
- ARVI;
- bronchitis, tracheitis, other inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract, as well as complications after the flu;
- various diseases of an infectious origin, such as pertussis or measles, for example;
- sore throat, resulting in an accumulation of mucus - it causes a cough;
- allergy;
- stressful condition.
If at the initial stage of pregnancy a cough is capable of causing tension in the muscles of the abdomen and, as a result, leads to uterine tone, and therefore threatens to miscarry, then later coughing can give other complications.Dry cough is especially dangerous during pregnancy. Nursing, paroxysmal and barking, it can lead to placental insufficiency with a violation of the placenta, as a result of which the child can be born with reduced body weight. At the same time, the foundation of the fetal nervous system is laid, and coughing can also negatively affect its formation.
Thus, when identifying the causes of coughing, it is necessary to eliminate the root and with it the symptoms.
Medicines for expectant mothers
Coughing is commonplace, but for women in position its treatment becomes especially difficult. This is due to some limitations in taking medications. They can harm the health of the future baby, and therefore women, as a rule, clearly follow the doctor’s instructions and try to avoid illegal drugs. Such unwanted medications include many expectorants for coughing. But not all, and therefore you should not refuse treatment altogether. It is important to simply know what can and cannot be taken during pregnancy.
Important! You should not take funds that are recommended for children from birth to three years. What can be born to a baby can cause irreparable harm to the fetus! Without the advice of a doctor, there is no need to show any initiative in treatment!
Dry Cough Medications
Often, instead of medications, pregnant women resort to using other methods, such as, for example, inhalation, gargling, the use of decoctions of herbs. All this is wonderful, but with a strong dry cough, with a cold and other diseases, one additional means often can not do. And because syrups and pills are needed, they will harm the baby to a lesser extent than the developed pathogenic bacteria.
Usually, in order to relieve the cough reflex and better expectoration, doctors prescribe to women in a position preparations made on a plant basis. Stoptussin, Bronchicum, Bronchipret and the like show themselves not bad. However, some medicines with popular names are contraindicated during pregnancy, and taking, say, well-known to all Pertussin or ACC is unsafe. But the plant syrups of the marshmallow root, Mukaltin or Eucabal are absolutely not harmful and give a good effect.
Important! Better than a doctor, no one will advise a pregnant woman about a cough, its root cause. Therefore, only the appointment of a specialist should be the basis of treatment.
Medicines for a wet condition
If the cough has become productive, more moist, then safe herbal remedies, based on herbs, help cope with sputum waste. For example, this is Stoptussin-phyto syrup, Doctor Theise. There is also Flora Force, Bifidophilus. Bronchicum and Bronchipret, these are permitted drugs of synthetic origin, they are also used for wet cough.
Herbion is also popular - a syrup containing ivy leaf extract is also in demand, although there is no exact confirmation of its safety for the fetus.
Effective and safe folk remedies
Often, women in position are prescribed physiotherapy or folk remedies. Both methods are non-pharmacological, and therefore they are harmless to the baby and mom.
Of the physiotherapeutic methods, inhalation and gargling of the throat are shown in this case, contributing to the removal of sputum, mucus from the larynx and bronchi. But everything related to warming up, various distracting procedures such as cans and mustard plasters is currently contraindicated.
Inhalations are recommended with safe components:
- soda solution;
- honey solution;
- infusion of eucalyptus (crushed garlic is good to add to the infusion of eucalyptus leaves);
- infusion of sage.
Of the tested folk remedies, chamomile is suitable. It is prepared in the form of a rinse, for which a spoon of chamomile (10 g) is added to a glass of boiling water and infused, and then cooled to a warm temperature.
You can do the same with the leaves of plantain or linden blossom. If there are no herbs, then you can gargle an irritated throat with a normal soda solution, adding half a teaspoon of soda to a glass of boiling water.
Despite the naturalness of our favorite herbs and other plant components, some of them are completely inapplicable to women in this period.
Moreover, even if a small amount of the preparation contains these herbs, the use is contraindicated:
- comfrey officinalis and coltsfoot - they have pyrrolisidine, it is dangerous because it can cause damage, mutation of the fetus;
- St. John's wort - has the ability to reduce the effect of painkillers, including those used in anesthesia;
- eleutherococcus, echinacea, lemongrass and ginseng - increase blood pressure and often cause allergic reactions.
With some reservations, pharmacy-ready fees can be recommended. The well-known breast collection No. 1 contains oregano in the grass, and this is undesirable for the expectant mother, because harmless grass can lead to uterine contractions. With a tendency to edema, the woman is not recommended collection No. 4, it contains substances that retain fluid.
Prevention methods
The prevention of colds begins with the simplest rules of a healthy lifestyle. Normal exercises, walks in the fresh air are useful to everyone, especially pregnant women. Plus - proper nutrition and compliance with sleep and rest.
Vitamins should be taken as prescribed by a doctor and under his supervision. During this period, you should not take vitamins haphazardly, simply because someone recommended or showed on TV.
The most common hygiene procedures will help fight viruses and infection. You just need to wash your hands more often, try to avoid contact with the sick, do not use objects that touch other people's hands, try to avoid public places and crowds.
All together will help to transfer this difficult, but beautiful and responsible period for a woman and her future baby without diseases.
