What should I do if a pregnant woman catches a cold before giving birth?

After a woman becomes pregnant, her body's resistance decreases and she becomes weaker than before, making her very susceptible to catching a cold. Especially before giving birth, women's body's disease resistance drops to the lowest point, making them more likely to catch a cold. If you catch a cold before delivery, it will affect the cardiovascular system of the fetus and may even cause congenital heart disease in the fetus, so a cold before delivery should be treated actively.

If you have a mild cold and are only experiencing sneezing, runny nose and a mild cough, you can usually recover quickly by taking some vitamin C and cold medicine to treat the symptoms, but you should also make sure to rest.

If you have a high fever and severe cough, you should go to the hospital for medical treatment immediately. During pregnancy, some antibiotics are harmful to the fetus. For example, taking too much streptomycin in late pregnancy can cause hearing impairment in newborns.

If chloramphenicol is taken in large quantities, it can cause "gray syndrome" in newborns, characterized by respiratory failure, cyanosis, abdominal distension, etc. Chloramphenicol can cause suppression of the hematopoietic function of newborns.

When pregnant women use sulfonamides, they can accumulate in the fetus, causing the release of bilirubin and thus causing kernicterus. Chinese herbal cold medicines have few side effects and good efficacy, so they can be used, such as Yinqiao Cold Tablets, Lingqiao Cold Tablets, etc., and can be taken as appropriate.

Pregnant women must not take medicine without permission when they have a cold before giving birth. Otherwise, once the medicine passes through the placenta and enters the fetus' body, it is estimated that it will cause great harm to the child's body.

During the period before and after delivery, women's bodies are very weak, so they should actively prevent colds at this time. For example, avoid contact with cold water, add or remove clothes according to the changes in temperature of the weather, avoid going to crowded public places during pregnancy, and wash your hands frequently to try to prevent bacteria from entering the body through the mouth.