[Friendship Science] What should I do if pregnant women catch a cold? TCM experts come to help

A cold during pregnancy is really a headache. Many pregnant mothers are afraid of the side effects of the drugs, so they dare not take the drugs at will, so they can only resist. I have a cold, how can pregnant mothers relieve the symptoms of discomfort? Let's listen to Li Yangfan, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Beijing Friendship Hospital , to explain.

There are four types of colds, let’s listen to what Chinese doctors say?

In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, due to the different feelings of exogenous pathogens and the difference in human body constitution, colds are roughly divided into: wind-cold cold , wind-heat cold , Shushi cold, and seasonal cold. What is the difference in their symptoms?

Wind-cold cold will show symptoms such as severe chills, mild fever, no sweat , headache, nasal discharge, clear nose, and no redness and swelling of the pharynx.

Fengreganmao is characterized by severe fever, mild aversion to cold, sweating or less sweating, swelling and pain in the pharynx, runny nose, thirsty and dry stool.

Shushi cold usually occurs in the summer. Patients will have fever without sweating or sweating and incomprehensible heat, dizziness, chest tightness, weight, drowsiness, nausea, upset, loss of appetite or vomiting, diarrhea, usually short yellow urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating and other symptoms.

The common cold has a clear epidemiological time, regional characteristics, and a clear history of exposure. This type of cold usually has a sudden onset, severe systemic symptoms, high fever, aversion to cold, no sweat or sweating, headache, muscle aches, and may be accompanied by abdominal pain or nausea and vomiting.

These four types of colds act on the human body by different exogenous pathogens. In addition, there are differences in the body's physique, resulting in a variety of different symptoms in the human body. Therefore, we focus on different causes, different constitutions, and different symptoms. Need to choose different drugs for targeted treatment.

How can pregnant women self-regulate colds?

The cold is a self-limiting disease.If the symptoms are mild, most pregnant women only need to drink more water, rest more, and eat lightly after catching a cold, and they will usually heal themselves within a week. However, if a pregnant woman has symptoms such as high fever, headache, body pain, coughing, poor diet and sleep after catching a cold, it will easily affect the daily life of the pregnant woman, and secondly, she is afraid that the condition will continue to develop and affect the development of the fetus. Visit the hospital. If there are some problems in the examination results, the doctor will recommend the pregnant women to use appropriate drugs for treatment, or special therapies for external treatment.

Among the several TCM syndromes that we introduced to catch a cold, if the pregnant woman is cold and cold, and the initial body temperature is not higher than 38.5℃, the result of blood routine is not obviously abnormal. You can try to self-care at home. There are three methods:

1. Boil the ginger soup while it is hot and drink it, and then put on clothes to cover your body and sweat slightly to see if the symptoms of chills and body pain are alleviated;

2. Boil ginger and pepper water to soak your feet;

3. Boil water with green onion and tempeh, and use four or five sections of green onion with whiskers and a handful of tempeh to boil water to drink, which can also play a role in relieving the surface and dispelling cold.

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