For every woman, pregnancy is a very important and important period in life, when you need to protect not only your health, but also the health of your future child. At this time, women try to take care of themselves as much as possible in order to avoid the occurrence of various diseases and not bring danger to the baby developing inside, but sometimes it is not possible to save. Sometimes there is an unfavorable viral situation or simply difficult weather conditions, as a result of which a woman can get sick. This is also due to the fact that during pregnancy the immunity is weakened and the future mother becomes more susceptible to viral diseases. More often than others from such diseases there is a bronchitis.
The highest risk of getting a virus into the body of a pregnant woman appears in the fall or spring, especially when the weather conditions are unstable. As a result of hypothermia, bronchitis occurs.
Bronchitis in pregnancy is of several kinds. Pregnant women are most often diagnosed with primary bronchitis. Primary bronchitis, as a rule, manifests itself in the autumn or spring, because of a long stay in the street in windy wet weather or when the organism is undercooled for some other reason. During pregnancy, immunity is reduced, which makes the body even more at risk of disease. Less common are secondary bronchitis caused by complications caused by infectious diseases. Allergic reactions of the respiratory tract can also lead to the development of bronchitis.
Symptoms of the disease are the same for all. The first signs of bronchitis during pregnancy are a runny nose, coughing, pain in the chest area. Gradually, the cough increases, and sputum may appear. Pregnant women may have general weakness. Breathing occurs with a whistle. All these symptoms are easily detected with proper medical examination. The average duration of the disease is about half a month.
If the treatment was carried out in a timely and correct manner, then bronchitis can not threaten anything to either the mother or the child. But the treatment is necessary, because the consequences of the disease can be unpleasant. Not only that with bronchitis there is a painful cough and difficulty with breathing, it presents a potential danger to the fetus. If you do not stop the spread of the disease in time, it can go into a severe form, which increases the risk of intrauterine infection of the baby. Also, since bronchitis is difficult, as indicated above, the body is not well supplied with oxygen, which can lead to the appearance of hypoxia in the fetus, and because of constant coughing of the abdominal muscles, uterine bleeding can occur. This is why when you suspect a bronchitis, you should immediately consult a doctor and begin treatment.
First of all, a pregnant woman with bronchitis needs a warm drink, as much as possible. It can be warm milk with honey and butter, tea with honey and lemon or raspberries, decoctions of thyme and mother-and-stepmother. In the fight against the disease will help onions, apples and garlic, containing many vitamins. If the cough is dry and there is no coughing up of sputum, the treating specialist can prescribe mucolytic and expectorant drugs such as mucoltin, bromhexine, inhalations with essential oils of thyme, camphor, thyme, a mixture of thermopsis. Well, local heating can help with bronchitis by applying cans and mustard plasters. In some cases, some antibiotics are prescribed - if there is a risk of infection of the fetus. Such antibiotics are cephalosporins, penicillin, amoxicillin. The possibility of using this or that antibiotic, as well as the dosage is determined by the doctor individually. It is strictly forbidden to take antibiotics independently without consulting the doctor!
There are not so few recipes of traditional medicine that can help in curing this disease. It can be a powder of althea root, a tincture of garlic, etc. These funds are the safest, but you should not replace them with traditional treatment and consulting with a doctor.