Cough during pregnancy - consequences

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to protect yourself from various diseases during pregnancy. Coughing is no exception. And as soon as he begins to torment the pregnant woman, there are fears and doubts as to whether cough is harmful in the early or late stages of pregnancy, how it can affect the course of pregnancy and how it can be treated. We will try to understand and answer all these questions.

Effect of cough on pregnancy

A severe cough during pregnancy not only causes discomfort, but also carries with it possible negative consequences for the child. The danger of coughing is that during an attack, the tone of the uterus increases. This, in turn, leads to violations of the blood supply to the fetus and its intrauterine hypoxia.

Such undesirable consequences of coughing during pregnancy, besides the existing danger of its viral background, simply "scream" that it must be fought and started as soon as possible.

How can you cough?

Cough treatment during pregnancy is complicated by the fact that not all medicines are applicable. Some drugs are not allowed to pregnant women due to penetration through the fetoplacental filter directly to the fetus. Other medications are not recommended because they have been little studied in terms of influencing the maternal and children's body.

However, there are some approved medications that can be treated at some time during pregnancy. For example, to treat dry cough in any trimester, you can take such antitussive drugs as Sinekod, syrup Bonhikum, Elixir. In the second and third trimester, you can take Stopoutsin.

Wet cough can be treated with licorice root syrup, Mucaltin, Tussin, Gedelix, Bromhexin, Pectusin, Prospan and others. With caution in the first trimester, you need to treat Ambroxol, Lazolvan, Flavamed, Ambroben.

Extremely contraindicated following drugs: ATSTS, Ascoril ekschomorant, Ascoril, Pertussin, Travisil, Dzhoset.

In any case, even in the absence of contraindications for pregnancy, you must first agree on the use of certain medications with your doctor. You can not help coughing, hoping that he will go by himself. The coughing will go into such a form, which will require more serious treatment, unsafe for the baby. And increased attacks can cause uterine bleeding.

In the early stages of pregnancy, it is highly desirable to treat cough with folk remedies, since in this period it is undesirable to take any medications.

Folk remedies for cough during pregnancy:

  1. Rinse - they need to be done every 2 hours. Gargle can be gilled with onion or beetroot infusion, diluted with warm water, warm infusions of St. John's wort, chamomile, calendula and eucalyptus.
  2. Inhalation is the safest method of treatment cough during pregnancy. Equally effective are modern inhalers and a traditional option with a pan and a towel. You can breathe the steam from the potatoes or brew all the same herbs or drip into the boiling water essential oil.
  3. Warm drink - hot milk with honey, soda and butter. Milk can be diluted with Borjomi - this makes it very easy to cough. Tea with lemon and honey will do. At the beginning of the disease, even with a dry cough, tea from chamomile, sage, plantain, lime-colored is very good.
  4. Compresses - apply a leaf of cabbage, smeared with honey for the whole night.
  5. Warm - warm pajamas and socks are simply irreplaceable at night, and in the afternoon, going for a walk, do not forget about a scarf or a sweater with a high throat.
  6. Homeopathy - before treatment with such a means, it is necessary to consult a doctor.