What is good for a cold during pregnancy?
1, chicken soup
Drinking chicken soup can inhibit inflammation of throat and respiratory tract, which is very effective in eliminating symptoms caused by cold. Because chicken contains a variety of essential amino acids, it can significantly enhance the body's resistance to cold viruses. A chemical in chicken has a good effect on protecting respiratory tract and accelerating recovery from cold.
2. Little carrots
The root element in radish has a unique effect on preventing and treating colds. The specific method is to chop the sweet, crisp and juicy radish and squeeze out half a cup of juice, then mash the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add it to the radish juice, then add sugar or honey, mix well and pour it into boiling water as a drink.
3. Drink ginger, sugar and tea together
Because colds are mostly caused by exogenous wind and cold, there are often symptoms such as headache, stuffy nose, runny nose and joint pain, and even chills and fever. You can make soup with appropriate amount of brown sugar, ginger and black tea, 1 ~ 2 times a day, which can not only warm your body and dispel cold, but also play a good role in preventing and treating colds.
4. Eat less salt
Eating less sodium salt can increase the content of lysozyme in saliva, protect the epithelial cells of mouth and throat, and make them secrete more immunoglobulin A and interferon to deal with cold virus. Therefore, controlling the daily salt content within 5 grams is of great benefit to the prevention and treatment of colds.
5. Take honey for example.
Honey contains a variety of bioactive substances, which can stimulate the immune function of human body. Taking it twice every morning and evening can effectively treat and prevent viral diseases such as colds. Honey and lemon juice rich in vitamin C are brewed and drunk together, which is of great help to quickly promote the recovery of colds.
6, ginger, onion, garlic and other condiments
Ginger, onion and other condiments help the human body expel cold viruses, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Garlic can enhance the immune function of human body. Add more seasoning when cooking, which can make the cold recover early.
Can you eat calcium tablets when you catch a cold during pregnancy?
If pregnant women are short of calcium, but during the cold, they can also take calcium tablets, which will have no effect. Calcium tablets can also increase human immunity and help treat colds. It is not contradictory to take calcium tablets for colds. At the same time, pay attention to drink plenty of water and actively deal with colds.
Influence of cold during pregnancy
If pregnant women catch a cold, it is necessary to distinguish what causes the cold, at which stage of pregnancy the cold occurs, and different cold causes and onset periods have different effects on the fetus.
Cold can be divided into common cold and viral cold. If it's just a common cold, the main manifestations are sneezing, stuffy nose and no fever. Symptoms are mild, so you don't need to take cold medicine. Generally, it can recover itself within one week. In this case, the cold of pregnant women will not have any effect on the fetus.
If the cold symptoms are serious, especially the persistent high fever and cold caused by influenza virus infection, the cold may have a certain impact on the fetus.
These influences come from:
A cold caused by influenza virus may cause influenza virus to infect the fetus;
Drugs taken when a cold is severe may have an impact on the fetus;
Fever can also have a certain impact on the fetus.
Generally speaking, the cold in the first trimester has a great influence on the fetus. Because this period is the key period for the development and formation of various organs of the fetus, influenza virus or cold medicine may cause teratogenicity to the fetus in this period, such as congenital heart disease, hydrocephalus, anencephaly and microcephaly. In severe cases, termination of pregnancy can be suggested.
The cold in the second and third trimester of pregnancy has relatively little influence on the fetus, because all organs of the fetus are basically formed during this period, which rarely causes adverse effects. However, if a bad cold occurs during this period, long-term high fever will hinder the development of the fetus in the uterus. If it is the third trimester, severe cough may also cause premature water breakthrough or even premature birth.
Causes of cold in pregnant women
The causes of cold in pregnant women are mainly reflected in the changes of physical condition, respiratory mucosa and respiratory function after pregnancy, and the decline of systemic or local respiratory defense function. Specifically:
1, changes in physical condition after pregnancy
The physical condition changes in the early pregnancy, and the pregnancy reaction intensifies, leading to morning sickness, anorexia, poor sleep and other conditions. At the same time, physical weakness and reduced exercise can easily lead to decreased immunity, thus making cold germs more likely to invade the body. This is why some pregnant women will catch a cold repeatedly in the early stage of pregnancy and feel that their physical fitness is not as good as before.
2. Changes of respiratory mucosa
After a woman is pregnant, the respiratory mucosa will appear edema and hypertrophy, so it is easy to have cold symptoms.
3. Changes in respiratory function.
18 weeks, the oxygen consumption of pregnant women increased 10-20% (50% of which was consumed by the fetus). However, the ventilation in the lungs increased by 40%. In order to meet the oxygen demand of pregnant women and their fetuses, pregnant women often hyperventilate. The fetus has no respiratory function in the mother's body, and relies entirely on the mother to inhale oxygen and expel carbon dioxide, so pregnant women often feel short of breath and have difficulty breathing. Due to hyperventilation and inhalation of more dust, respiratory mucosa changes, which is easy to cause a cold.
4, the whole body or respiratory tract local defense function is reduced.
Catch a cold, get wet in the rain, climate change, fatigue, etc. It will reduce the local defense function of the whole body or respiratory tract, and make the germs or bacteria that already exist in the upper respiratory tract or invade from the outside multiply rapidly, thus inducing colds.