What to do if you have a wind-heat cold during breastfeeding

The disease of wind-heat cold is most common in winter and spring, and most people have had this cold in their lifetime. Generally speaking, taking medicine is necessary after a wind-heat cold, but pregnant women should not take medicine casually during breastfeeding, otherwise some drug ingredients can enter the baby's body through breast milk, which is very harmful to the baby's health. Here we will introduce what women should do during breastfeeding period after catching a wind-heat cold.

What to do if you catch a wind-heat cold during breastfeeding: Mothers who suffer from the common cold should pay attention to drinking more water, getting more rest, and eating a light, nutritious, and easily digestible diet. If you have a fever, you need to go to the hospital for treatment and ask the doctor to give you medication that will not affect breastfeeding. When you have a high fever, you can suspend breastfeeding if necessary, but you still need to express the milk during the suspension period to ensure continuous milk secretion. You can take Isatis root granules, Sangju cold tablets, etc.

Almost all drugs present in the mother's blood can enter breast milk, but the drug content in breast milk rarely exceeds 1%-2% of the maternal medication dose, and the amount of drugs absorbed by the infant is only a small part of this 1%-2%, so it usually does not cause obvious harm to the infant. When a new mother suffers from a viral cold, she can take some Chinese patent medicines, such as cold and heat-clearing granules, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Shuanghua oral liquid, etc.; if it is a bacterial infection, penicillin or cephalosporin antibiotics can be used, such as Penicillin V Potassium Tablets, Pioneer No. 6, etc. None of these medicines will affect the quality of your breast milk.

Women who suffer from wind-heat cold should be careful not to eat any greasy or meaty food. Also, be careful not to eat overly sweet food and salted fish and pickles. During the wind-heat cold period, it is best not to eat nourishing food. The more common foods include muscle, duck meat, fish, dog meat, ginseng, etc.