Often there are cases when the joyful excitement of a pregnant woman during the gestation period of a long-awaited baby can be overshadowed by discomfort caused by a variety of painful sensations. The causes of pain can be many, but in any case they cause considerable stress. And if a woman can usually resort to anesthetics to relieve pain, then during pregnancy, taking any medications causes serious fear in pregnant women. What can be done when the pain does not pass for a long time and it is impossible to endure it?
It should immediately be said that modern medicine has painkillers, which, after consultation with the treating specialist, can be taken during the period of pregnancy. However, you can use them strictly according to the doctor's prescription, without self-medication! Otherwise, both your health and the health of your unborn child may be at risk.
More often than not, doctors recommend that a drug such as Paracetamol be given to pregnant women - this medicine is preferred by many doctors who are undergoing a pregnancy examination. Paracetamol has not only an anesthetic effect, which helps to remove pain of medium and low intensity, but also anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects (like most analgesic drugs). Although this drug can penetrate the placenta, until now no negative effects on the development and health of the fetus have been recorded. That's why Paracetamol WHO experts recommend as the most safe analgesic for pregnant women.
A little less often as a means to combat pain, use Analgin. As a rule, doctors prescribe Analgin only in certain exceptional cases and only in single small doses, since this drug can penetrate the placenta and there are cases when during long-term use this drug adversely affected the development of the fetus. Also, Analgin in use dilutes the blood, thereby reducing the level of hemoglobin.
One such effective drug is Nurofen. This drug is not forbidden to take during pregnancy, as there are no contraindications to this, however, when taking it, the dosage should be carefully observed. Nevertheless, the third trimester of pregnancy should stop taking the drug, because it can cause a decrease in the amount of amniotic fluid.
Riabal and No-shpa can relieve pain - they have an antispasmodic effect, which helps in getting rid of pain. Contraindications to reception at pregnancy at these preparations are not present. Doctors often recommend pregnant women to wear No-shp with them, since this drug has the property to reduce the tone of the uterus.
However, all of the above painkillers can not always help. If such a situation is present already in the second trimester, a specialist may prescribe the use of Baralgina or Spasmalgon - these drugs are already administered in the form of injections.
Nowadays, the choice of anesthetic ointments for local use is also wide. Like other drugs, not every ointment can be used during pregnancy. For example, it is strictly forbidden to use any ointments containing bee and snake venoms, dimexide and other similar active substances. Even widely used Vietnamese balm "Star" can negatively affect the body of the pregnant woman or her future child. Therefore, if you have painful symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor.
In certain diseases, the treating specialist can generally prohibit the use of pain medication during pregnancy. Such diseases include anomalies in the work of the kidneys and liver, gastrointestinal ulcers, bronchial asthma and others like them. There are cases when analgesics not only did not take away pain, but also led to the appearance of undesirable symptoms, such as chills, fever, skin rash, swelling. If there are such symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor!