What is possible from a cough during pregnancy?
What is possible from a cough during pregnancy? This issue worries a lot of women, because respiratory organs are affected quite often because of their barrier function, especially in pregnant women. Therefore, this question is worth it because of its importance, because mother worries in the first place for her child. Use medicament and folk remedies, but the priority is the question, so as not to harm the baby with such treatment.
Means for coughing during pregnancy
Pregnancy is the period when another woman's life develops in the female body and at this time one should take a very careful attitude to the nutrition and reception of any pharmacological preparations. Fetus is an agent alien to the body of a woman, in fact 50% of the information it contains from the pope. The immune system of a woman perceives it as an antibody to some extent, so until the moment of formation placenta with an individual barrier and blood flow develops a relative immunosuppression. The state of relative immunosuppression of the pregnant woman's body contributes to the fact that the chances of obtaining any respiratory disease increase in times, therefore pregnant women who earlier did not complain of frequent morbidity, suffer a pathology of respiratory system.
Cough is one of the symptoms of respiratory diseases and it can be called a "watchdog" on the way to the lungs. It is important because it is the protective mechanism of our body. To treat a cough you need to know some of its features - dry or wet, when it appears, persistent or symptomatic. The main causes that can cause cough are as follows:
- pneumonia;
- acute or chronic bronchitis;
- bronchial asthma;
- pulmonary tuberculosis;
- tracheitis;
- laryngitis;
- pharyngitis;
- otitis.
In any case, this is just one of the symptoms of the pathology, so do not seriously treat the symptom, but you need to treat the disease, and cough - in a comprehensive therapy.
For pregnant women, the choice of medication is very important, because along with the effectiveness it should have minimal impact on the child.
Dr. IOM is a medicament for coughing that doctors allow during pregnancy. This product of plant origin and contains many medicinal herbs. It includes: menthol, ginger, aloe, nightshade, licorice, elecampane, basil. This product has an expectorant and bronchodilating effect due to the rich plant composition. Also, the drug removes the mucosal edema, reduces the severity of the inflammatory reaction, and thus sputum is better left, transforming the dry cough into a wet cough with the fastest resolution of the situation. The preparation has various forms - lozenges for resorption with different flavors, cough syrup, ointment, which is spread on the chest. Apply syrup for one teaspoon three times a day, lozenges - three times a day. In pregnancy, such a drug is allowed because of its minimal harm according to the plant composition.
Stoathal is a homeopathic remedy with a combined composition that has herbal components - Pulsatilla, Ipecacuana, Spongia, Rumex, Bryonia. This composition makes it possible to use carelessness during pregnancy. But you should clearly limit the dose, because the composition includes alcohol. Substances that make up the drug have an expectorant and bronchodilating effect, and they also make the cough softer and dilute sputum. Stoddal has an effect on the cough center and reduces the severity of coughing when it is dry and unproductive. Also, the drug has spasmolytic activity in relation to the muscle fibers of the bronchi, which further reduces their spasm. The drug is available in the form of a syrup and is applied to fifteen milliliters three times a day. In pregnancy, such a drug is allowed because of its minimal harm according to the plant composition.
Herbion is a herbal remedy for cough, which is also recommended during pregnancy due to its composition. Two main types of this drug should be distinguished, since they have different indications. HERBION Ivy syrup is shown with a damp cough, because due to the composition it dilutes sputum and improves its excretion. The drug helps to reduce the level of calcium in the muscle cells of the bronchial tree and activates beta-adrenoreceptors, which in turn expands the bronchi and improves the outflow of mucus. Also, the drug activates the work of alveolocytes of the second order and this increases the synthesis of the surfactant, which improves the protective mechanisms of the alveoli. The drug is produced in syrup and taken at five milliliters twice a day. HERBION syrup of plantain has activity in dry cough. This is due to the fact that the preparation has in its composition biologically active substances and vitamin C. These substances bind to specific receptors in the gastrointestinal tract and they stimulate the secretion of bronchial glands, which increases the moisture of the cough. Also, the drug has an immunomodulatory effect, which increases the synthesis of interferons and shows its antibacterial effect. Vitamin C, which is part of its composition, has an antioxidant effect and increases the vascular resistance to the action of cytokines. It is used in the same way. In the studies, Herbion had no teratogenic effect on the fetus, so during pregnancy it is allowed.
Dr. Theiss is an antitussive drug that has an effect similar to Gerbion with an extract of plantain. This drug has an expectorant and mucolytic effect due to the action on the gland of the bronchial tree and the reduction of the secretion of mucus. The main component is also a plantain, but it has a slightly different mechanism of action, so it is recommended for dry and moist unproductive cough. The drug is produced in syrup and is applied on a tablespoon, that is, fifteen milliliters three times a day. Also there is Dr. Theiss with an extract of Echinacea. The given preparation is issued in the form of tablets and tablets for resorption. Such a drug has no significant effect on cough, and to a greater extent it is an immunomodulator, so with this purpose in complex therapy can be used. In pregnancy, such a drug is allowed because of its minimal harm according to the plant composition.
Mukaltin is an expectorant, the main component of which is the althea medicinal plant. This drug is recommended for a more dry cough, as it enhances the bronchodilator effect and promotes the advancement and better excretion of sputum from the lower respiratory tract. The drug also has an anti-inflammatory effect and envelops the bronchial wall, which reduces the irritating effect of viruses and bacteria and speeds up recovery. The drug is available in the form of tablets of 50 milligrams, as well as in the form of a syrup called the main active ingredient - Alteika. Use one tablet three or four times a day. In pregnancy, such a drug is allowed because of its minimal harm according to the plant composition.
Lisobakt - a drug that is often used in the pathology of the respiratory system. In the treatment of cough, it is not applied, because it has a slightly different effect. The composition of the drug includes lysozyme and pyridoxine. Lysozyme is a natural substance that is contained in human saliva and has a bactericidal effect. Therefore, the main effect of the drug is antiviral and bactericidal. It increases the local defenses and thanks to vitamin B 6 in its composition, the drug has a protective property with respect to fungi. It is used in complex therapy for the treatment of respiratory diseases as tablets for resorption of one tablet three times a day. When pregnancy is used because of the composition of the drug.
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Other remedies for coughing during pregnancy
There are also other medications that can be used during pregnancy. These funds also have testimonies in accordance with the nature of the cough and the characteristics of the drugs.
An asterisk from a cough during pregnancy is a frequent remedy used by women with various pathologies of the respiratory system. Thanks to a huge number of strong substances - aromatic oils, eucalyptus and menthol - the preparation has a pronounced stimulating effect on the receptors of the nasal cavity and this narrows the vessels. This effect is very useful in severe rhinitis. Also, the drug has a bactericidal property, so it is used by lubricating a small area of skin near the nostrils. To treat a cough, you need to inhale with a drop of such a solution. It is very important to observe precautions in the form of avoiding excessive rubbing in the skin and using a large dose, as this can cause a burn of bronchial mucosa.
Iodine mesh can also be used in pregnancy as a cough remedy. For this, you need only take iodine, which has not expired. You need to apply on the chest area, but you should avoid the heart area. The effect of this treatment is the bactericidal property of iodine that penetrates the skin. Also, iodine has a warming effect due to the expansion of capillaries, which stimulates blood circulation and improves sputum discharge and reduces cough. In pregnancy, this drug is safe in case of treatment once a day, with a preliminary test with iodine for sensitivity.
Cough medicine during pregnancy, which are safe for the child - these are the above drugs - Dr. IOM, Althea syrup, Herbion, Stodal, Dr. Theiss, and also other medicines - Bronchicum, Liquorice syrup, Linkas. These drugs are allowed during pregnancy precisely because of their plant composition.
Bronchicum is a herbal preparation based on thyme, which has an antispasmodic and bronchodilator effect, as well as an anti-inflammatory and expectorant property. The drug for coughing is used as an elixir and take one teaspoon five to six times a day.
Linkas is a multicomponent cough drug that has an expectorant, mucolytic and bronchodilating effect. The drug is not recommended for concomitant diabetes. It is used in syrup for ten milliliters three times a day.
Compresses from cough during pregnancy are also widespread due to their availability and good effect. In the case of moist, low-productivity cough, such compresses improve sputum discharge and facilitate breathing.
Compress of honey can be used twice a day. Honey has a pronounced immunomodulatory effect, and also improves local blood circulation, which improves the outflow of sputum. For such a compress it is necessary to take honey, warm it up to a liquid state, smear it solution of the skin and put on top of a piece of woolen cloth, then roll and lie down for so minutes twenty.
The potato compress also improves local blood circulation, enhances the expansion of the bronchial tubes and sputum easily moves along the respiratory tract. Such a compress is better done at night, but one should be careful with the temperature of the potato to avoid a burn. For such a compress, it is necessary to weld the potatoes in the shell, then to shred and roll them into the cotton fabric. It is necessary to put on the chest, preferably on some clothes, and then cover it with a woolen shawl. Keep such a compress until it cools.
Cough lozenges and lollies during pregnancy are also often used because of their local effects. But here one should be more cautious, because such candies can be absorbed and the risk of bad influence is greater than when using other means. The lozenges that can be coughing during pregnancy are Dr. IOM, Lizobakt, Pharingosept, Tantum Verde.
Pharyngocept is a drug that has a local bacteriostatic property in the coccal flora and fungus. The drug acts only locally, does not affect the intestinal biocenosis of a pregnant woman, so it can be used during pregnancy. In the treatment of cough, the drug moistens the nasopharyngeal cavity and increases the amount of saliva, which improves the rheological properties of phlegm. Therefore, the drug is used to treat a cough one tablet three times a day.
Tantum - Verde is a drug approved for the treatment of cough in pregnant women from the group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. This drug has a local anti-inflammatory and analgesic property, which is especially effective when coughing caused by inflammation of the upper respiratory tract or their traumatization. The drug is taken one tablet three times a day until they are completely dissolved.
Tablets from cough during pregnancy as a systemic use are not recommended, because they have a pronounced effect on the fetus. Especially it concerns derivatives of codeine - Kodterpin, Stopptussin, Antitussin. Antibiotics in the tablet form should be taken only on strict indications and prescriptions of the doctor, as their harm may be greater than the expected result.
Remedies for dry cough during pregnancy - it can be Herbion syrup with plantain extract. It has activity with a dry cough due to increased secretion of bronchial glands by sputum, which increases the moisture of the cough. Tablets with a central mechanism of action from a dry cough are prohibited during pregnancy.
Sprays from cough during pregnancy also have a local effect, so they are very effective.
Miramistin is a solution that can be used as a spray for the throat. It has an antiseptic effect on many bacteria and fungi. Also, the drug has a reparative effect on the bronchial mucosa, which strengthens their walls and reduces the severity of cough.
Givalex is an effective effective drug that is used in the complex therapy of respiratory diseases. It has antibacterial effect, antiseptic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory. The drug is used with caution during pregnancy.
Folk remedies for coughing during pregnancy
Folk remedies for cough during pregnancy are of priority importance, as phytopreparations and other useful substances do not harm the future child. They use a lot of means - fats, oils, physiotherapeutic and physical methods of treatment.
Massage during pregnancy is an effective remedy to improve sputum discharge. This physical effect improves local blood circulation, the outflow of lymph and sputum becomes more fluid. After the massage, a draining position is recommended, which can completely drain the bronchial tree and cough becomes less pronounced. Banks during pregnancy from cough can use together with massage or individually. To do this, use special massage jars that have a suction effect and improve lymphatic flow and circulation. Then the lavage of sputum improves on the bronchial tree, and the cough becomes more productive and clears throat better. This remedy is very effective against cough and during pregnancy can be used, since it is not a harmful method.
A cake for cough during pregnancy is an effective remedy, because it can be considered a kind of compress. For the preparation of such cakes use one tablespoon of honey, dried mustard and a teaspoon of olive oil. These ingredients are mixed and make a compress, which is put on the chest and covered with cellophane film, and then with a woolen scarf. This cake improves blood circulation, sputum discharge and facilitates breathing.
Cocoa butter, like other aromatics, stimulates the secretion of bronchial glands and improves the rheological properties of sputum. For coughing, steam inhalations with cocoa butter are used, using a nebulizer or simple home inhalation. To do this, you need to boil water, add two or three drops of cocoa butter, cover yourself with a towel and breathe for twenty minutes. After such procedures, cough will become more productive.
Burnt sugar from cough is an old folk remedy, which is often used to treat pregnant women because of their minimal harm. The effect of this prescription is to treat dry cough and increase its productivity due to the altered properties of sugar. To prepare such a recipe you need to take five tablespoons of sugar, pour it into enameled dishes and heat on the stove, stirring constantly. In this case, the sugar should dissolve and slightly darken to the color of caramel, but it should not be heated to black because it is harmful. Next, you need to pour sugar caramel into molds and form lollipops. Such candies should be sucked at least three times a day, then the dry cough becomes more viscous.
Soda from cough during pregnancy is also widely used because of its alkaline properties. It is capable of making the sputum more fluid and coughing easier because the alkaline base liquefies the polysaccharide sputum complexes. You can use not only a solution of soda, but also make steam inhalations. To make a medicinal drink from soda you need to warm up the milk to a hot state, add a teaspoon of soda and mix it. You can also add honey and a little butter to make it softer for the throat. Such a solution should be drunk three times a day for a glass, besides the benefits, it is also pleasant to the taste.
You can also do inhalation from soda. To do this at home, you need to add two tablespoons of soda to a liter of hot water and mix it, you need to breathe such a solution for up to twenty minutes a day. Even for pregnant women such inhalations are allowed and they can be used up to five times a day.
Honey from cough during pregnancy is used very often as compresses, teas, infusions and other recipes. It has a mild effect and many properties of immunomodulating, which not only cures cough, but also prevents the development of complications in the form of a prolonged dry cough after the disease.
There are many recipes for the use of honey from cough. One of them is the use of honey and aloe. Honey is a rich natural product, which is often used in different branches of traditional medicine. The aloe plant also contains a huge amount of vitamins B, C, A, E; amino acids; carotenoids; phytoncids; tannins; flavonoids; calcium, phosphorus, chlorine, magnesium, zinc, bromine, iodine. For a medical solution of honey and aloe, take two tablespoons of honey and ten drops of fresh aloe juice per half liter of boiled hot water. Such a solution should be taken on a tablespoon three to four times a day during the week.
Honey is also combined with other substances. Onions with honey have an effect not only on cough, but it also has a bactericidal property and inhibits the synthesis of bacterial wall components. You can use two basic recipes. Juice from grated onions should be mixed with liquid honey in a ratio of one to one and take a teaspoon every four hours in an acute period. You can also mix the grated onion with honey and take such a gruel according to the same scheme.
You can also use cabbage with honey in the form of compresses. To do this, take cabbage, dip it into boiling water for a couple of seconds, so that the leaves become soft, then spread a leaf of cabbage with honey and apply this side to the chest, and not in the heart. From above, as well as any compress should be wrapped with cellophane film and woolen cloth. You can make such a compress at night. At the same time, there is an improvement in breathing and coughing is better due to the removal of edema of mucous membranes.
As compresses are often used and other substances, in particular borosuchiy and mutton fat. This fat can be bought in a pharmacy in a glass jar. Very good effect it gives in connection with improvement of local blood circulation, due to what the swelling of bronchial mucosa decreases and cough becomes more mild and productive. For this effect, it is best to do compresses at night by lubricating the area of the chest, with the exception of the heart, and then covering with warm woolen cloth.
Propolis is also a product of beekeeping, therefore it has an immunostimulating, antibacterial, antioxidant effect. To treat cough use propolis tincture, but with pregnancy alcohol is not recommended, so you need to make another solution. In a water bath, propolis and butter must be melted, stirred to a homogeneous consistency, and then take one spoonful of such a mass three times a day.
Recipes for cough during pregnancy with milk are very common because of its pronounced effect and pleasant taste, in addition, and minimal harm. Milk can be taken in a hot form, while you need to add honey and soda. Such milk with honey and soda is very useful and it helps to change the cough from dry to wet. Milk and mineral water are also used. This is best suited to Borjomi, because it is alkaline water, which helps to thin the sputum with a low-yield cough. To do this, in a glass of warm milk you need to add half a glass of mineral water, then drink in a warm form at least three times a day. You can also drink milk with onions, for this in warm milk, you need to add a few drops of onion juice and drink this milk warm. Milk with figs has a stabilizing and bronchodilating effect, which is also used to treat a cough during pregnancy.
Herbs for coughing during pregnancy
Phytotherapy is widely used for coughing during pregnancy, since many herbs have a pronounced tropism to the respiratory system and at the same time they are harmless to the unborn child. Many medicinal syrups are produced on the basis of herbs, so you can use these herbs with the same efficiency, preparing infusions at home.
Thermopsis is a plant that is widely used to treat cough. It contains many useful biologically active substances, saponins, essential oils, which have a good expectorant effect.
Mother-and-stepmother is a natural plant that is included in various breastfeeds because of the pronounced effect in diseases of the respiratory system. It contains a mucous secret that protects the epithelial ball of the bronchi and prevents its irritation with dry cough. Also, due to the content of saponins and organic acids, the mother-and-stepmother is used for dry cough and promotes its liquefaction.
Plantain is a plant that has many beneficial properties and is more active in dry cough. This is due to the fact that the plantain has in its composition biologically active substances that bind to specific receptors and stimulate the secretion of bronchial glands, which increases the humidity cough.
Chamomile has many useful fatty acids that are able to react with polysaccharides and Split them, so that the cough becomes more mild, productive and faster passes all symptomatology.
Fig is a fruit plant that contains many vitamins of group B, PP, C, as well as potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, tannins and essential oils. All these components have an anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effect, as well as an expectorant and a diuretic property. All these effects are supplemented with a sweating action, which improves the course of not only respiratory infections, but also coughing.
Ginger and its fruits are widely used in medicine, especially in the treatment of respiratory diseases in pregnant women. For the treatment of cough, it is used as an expectorant and anesthetic, which is especially important when irritating the bronchial mucosa with a dry nauseous cough. Ginger is also known for its high immunomodulatory effect.
Licorice is used to treat a cough during pregnancy in the form of a root. This plant has an expectorant effect and a pronounced softening effect.
Sage - a medicinal plant that can increase the secretion of bronchial glands and pronounced dry cough becomes more mild, and there is also a pronounced antimicrobial effect.
Lime and viburnum has long been considered a good cure for cough and any manifestations of viral infections, given their diaphoretic and detoxification properties.
Frozen berries are healing berries that regulate permeability through the wall of the capillary and improve saturation alveolar oxygen, which improves the condition of a woman with severe symptoms of cough and other organ pathology respiration.
Ledum is a plant that suppresses a cough and has in the composition of vitamin C, which affects the immunity of a pregnant woman.
Eucalyptus contains a huge amount of vitamins B, C; amino acids; phytoncids; tannins; flavonoids; calcium, phosphorus, chlorine, magnesium, iodine, which promotes its wide use for coughing in pregnant women, because it has anti-edematous effect and improves the outflow of sputum from respiratory ways.
Thymus and calendula are primarily characterized by antibacterial properties, so they dissolve purulent sputum and improve its outflow and respiration.
Radish is also often used to treat cough in pregnant women because of its pronounced mucolytic effect in combination with various substances. To do this, use black radish. It can be mixed with honey and with aloe juice, which also has a good effect on the severity of dry cough.
These herbs should be used as herbal infusions by brewing in hot water, and take instead of tea with a pronounced cough at least five times a day. Mixtures of such herbs in the form of breast-feeding in various combinations of components are also very useful.
Also use other broths from a cough during pregnancy from dry fruits of a raspberry, a bilberry, a guelder-rose.
Rubbing from a cough during pregnancy with oils and fats is beneficial for improving blood circulation and removing the swelling from the bronchial mucosa.
Inhalation is a good way to deliver a medicine or plant to the lower respiratory tract. Nebulizer is a good professional inhalation means, which can be successfully used with a pronounced low-yield cough. But you can also use a simple pan with water as an "inhaler".
Antibiotics from cough during pregnancy are not used, if it is only treatment of the cough itself. If the cough is caused by pneumonia, then it is reasonable to take an antibiotic. Then the drug should be selected, to which the suspected pathogen is most sensitive and which is the most safe for the fetus.
Bioparox from cough during pregnancy is often used as a local antibacterial agent that has activity against many microorganisms. This is a spray that contains an antibiotic, and there is no data on the clinical trials of this drug during pregnancy. Therefore, the drug can be used as a local remedy, but only on the advice of a doctor.
An effective remedy for coughing during pregnancy is certainly one that will well cure the symptom and not harm the future baby. It is better to give preference in this case to medicinal plants and folk remedies.
What can be coughing during pregnancy is very difficult to answer immediately, but after summarizing all the drugs, you should give preferences to those that are derived from plants with differentiating the nature of the cough and the corresponding preparation. Also, there are many folk methods of cough treatment that should be used as a priority because of their simplicity and accessibility.
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The use of tablets in the treatment of cough in pregnant women
Coughing for a pregnant woman and her baby is a serious danger, it is for this reason that it should be tried as soon as possible to cure. Considering the fact that during pregnancy a woman is forbidden to take almost all medicines, it is not so easy to conduct treatment. The future mother should remember that the medicine should be prescribed only by a specialist who necessarily takes into account the position of a woman. Cough syrups or tablets can be prescribed for pregnancy of plant origin.What tablets to choose?
Over the years, the most common safe remedy, which can cure cough in pregnant women, are Muciltin tablets. This product of plant origin has an expectorant effect on the body. Also, with their use, secretion is intensified, resulting in a dry cough, inflammation in the respiratory tract. With the resorption of tablets, the nasal mucosa moistens, so the medicine has a beneficial effect on the nasopharynx.After the application of this medicine for cough, sputum is diluted, making it easier to get out of the respiratory tract. This cough medicine for pregnant women is prescribed only by a specialist, while the treatment regimen and dosage of the drug for each patient is determined individually. Mukaltin can not always be used in pregnancy, it is contraindicated in such cases:
- presence of diabetes mellitus;
- disorders of the gastrointestinal tract;
- individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
Despite the vegetable origin of many cough medicines, one must carefully select them, it is necessary to exclude the treatment tablets, made on the basis of such plants as violet field or tricolor, ledum, mother-and-stepmother, plantain.
All medicines during pregnancy should be prescribed by the attending physician
All these plants are undoubtedly very effective in the treatment of inflammatory processes of the respiratory tract, but not for pregnant women. If the extracts of these plants get into the body of the woman, miscarriage or other dangerous complications in the development of the child may occur. They can not be ingested, but some of these herbs can be very effective in inhalation.
In addition to Mukaltin, the following preparations, produced in the form of tablets, are widely used in the treatment of cough in pregnant women:
- Bronchipret;
- Ambroxol;
- Bromhexine;
- Flavamed;
- Biopriks.
Each of the medicines during pregnancy should not be used independently without prescribing doctor, otherwise there may be irreversible consequences, dangerous not only for the health of the baby, but also for his life.
Bronchitis in the treatment of pregnant women
Very often a pregnant woman is given a pill from a cough. Bronchipret is a herbal preparation based on the extract of the roots of the primrose and the herb of thyme.They are very well tolerated by future mothers, in addition they are absolutely safe for the baby - in no way affect his physical and mental development without posing a threat to life crumbs.Bronchypret tablets exert a bronchospasmolytic, secretholytic effect on the woman's body, so bronchial tubes expand, the sputum begins to separate and cough. Also, the bronchial drug has an antibacterial effect, so it is advisable to use it in the treatment of cough of various origins.
Other drugs
Ambroxol tablets can be used only in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, but even at this time, treatment should be carried out with caution, following the instructions in the instructions.
When coughing in a pregnant woman who is associated with the course of such a disease as bronchitis, a future mother may be prescribed antibiotic Biopriks. The active substance of the tablets is practically not absorbed into the blood, so it can not harm the baby. However, it should be used only if it is not possible to cure the disease with other drugs.
A woman who is nursing a child should carefully study the composition of the drug before using it, since many drugs for cough include substances such as ethylmorphine and codeine. They are the ones that can cause the threat of abortion. Also, every woman at the time of pregnancy usually knows what substances she may have allergies, for this reason, you should also read the instructions. Flavamed tablets are used in the treatment of children and pregnant women, getting into the body, they exert a liquefying and expectorant effect on the mucus. This drug is better not to be taken simultaneously with other antitussive drugs, because of their incompatibility there can be serious side effects.Bromhexine belongs to the number of drugs that are safe for pregnant women, but they are prescribed only in extreme cases. It is very important to know what can be pregnant for a cough, and what is better to give up without risking a child's health.
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Cough lozenges
Cough is one of the symptoms of various viral and bacterial diseases of the respiratory system. To suppress it or completely eliminate various medications are used. The most popular are cough drops.
Indications for the use of pastilles against coughing
As soon as a small burning sensation begins in the throat, the thought of acute respiratory infections (ARVI) or influenza immediately comes to mind. Cough lozenges can be started immediately after the appearance of unpleasant symptoms. In this case, they must be used every two to three hours. That is, a day can get even ten lozenges. They are often used for expectoration of mucus. It is very important to loosen the lozenges well in order to get the most positive result. Children up to three years of use of pastilles are not recommended, since they can swallow them.
Pharmacodynamics
The most popular pastilles for coughing adults and children is "Doctor Mom." Since this drug is combined, it has excellent anti-inflammatory and expectorant properties. The effect of pastilles depends on the active substances that make up its composition. The root of bare licorice removes inflammation, cures spasms and helps expectorant mucus. The root of medicinal ginger relieves pain. Medicinal embryo reduces fever. Menthol has an antiseptic effect.
Pharmacokinetics
The pharmacokinetics of various pastilles from cough has not been studied. Therefore, it is rather difficult to say how much of the drug remains in the body and how the active substances are derived from it.
Use of pastilles against coughing during pregnancy
Many women face the problem of coughing during pregnancy. Some decide not to be treated, believing that all this will pass by itself, and you should not use medicines during this period. But remember that not cured cough can develop into serious illnesses. Pregnant doctors usually recommend the following lozenges: Dr. Mom, Sage, Bronchicum. Among those drugs that are categorically forbidden to future mothers are: Travesil, Strepsils.
Contraindications for use
Since most pastilles of cough are based on plant substances, the main contraindication to their use is allergy. If you see an allergic rash on your body or if you have an itch after using drugs, stop immediately and consult a doctor. Also, many such remedies are not recommended for children up to five to six years, since they must be completely absorbed. Pastilles with menthol it is better not to use until the age of ten. In some cases, cough drops are contraindicated in bronchial asthma. For more information about this or that tool, read the instructions.
Side effects of cough lozenges
The main side effects of most cough drops are possible allergy (burning, itching, redness, rashes, urticaria). In some cases, the drug may cause dizziness, drowsiness, headache, nausea, worsening appetite, tachycardia. It depends on the main ingredients that make up the pastilles.
Pastilles from dry cough
The choice of an effective remedy depends largely on what kind of cough you have. For example, dry cough is more painful and painful. It is very frequent and prolonged, it can start at night, which prevents sleep. To get rid of, you need special pastilles from dry cough, which are combined preparations. Here it is possible to allocate such means: Bronhicum, Linkas.
Cough lozenges for children
Coughing in young children is difficult to treat, because they need special lozenges with special ingredients that will not cause side effects and allergies. One of the most popular drugs for cough treatment in children are the pastilles "Doctor Mom." In them there is a root of ginger, menthol, licorice root. Typically, doctors prescribe such a drug, starting with the age of ten. Also quite famous are Alex Plus. Half an hour after resorption of the lozenges, the child will noticeably decrease coughing attacks. Such a drug can be prescribed from four years. With tracheitis, bronchitis and pharyngitis, children are often prescribed "Sage" pastilles. You can use the kids from the age of three.
Names of pastilles for coughing
Various names of pastilles from cough in pharmacies often introduce patients into a stupor. Which ones to buy?
Alex Plus
The main active ingredient of the drug is dextromethorphan, which together with levomenthol and terpinhydrate helps to get rid of any kind of cough. It also has an expectorant and spasmolytic effect. It is very important that pastilles do not have a hypnotic or narcotic effect. Contraindications for use are: allergy to pastilles, pregnancy, breast-feeding, bronchial asthma, children under four years.
The main side effects of the drug: nausea, drowsiness, itching, dizziness. Adults usually take three to five lozenges three times a day. The daily dose should not be more than twenty lozenges. Possible overdose, after which there are: excessive excitement, headache, respiratory depression, tachycardia.
Koldakt Lorpils
This drug helps not only to reduce cough, but also to overcome the pain in the throat. These are combined lozenges with prolonged action. The preparation contains: amylmetacresol and dichlorobenzyl alcohol. Assign for treatment of acute respiratory viral infection and influenza, as well as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis.
Contraindicated during pregnancy and children under six years. The dosage is standard (on a lozenge every two hours). Among the side effects are: urinary retention, headache, dizziness, nausea, deterioration of appetite, tachycardia, drowsiness, dry mouth.
Strepsils
Antibacterial and fungicidal agent of combined type. It contains amylmetacreazole, which has an excellent antimicrobial effect. Used pastilles for various types of cough, with inflammation, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis.
It is not recommended to use the drug for children under five years old, with allergies to the main substance substances, during pregnancy. Adults take one lozenge every two to three hours.
Doctor Mom
These cough lozenges are familiar to many. This drug has an expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect. The main components of the pastilles are herbal substances: the roots of naked licorice, the roots of medicinal ginger, the fruits of the medicinal embryo. Also in the drug is levomenthol.
Cough lozenges "Doctor Mom" have several different tastes (orange, lemon, strawberry, fruity, raspberry, berry), so each patient can find suitable ones. Adults can take one lozenge every two hours, dissolving them in the mouth. Duration of treatment is two to three weeks. During pregnancy, the drug is contraindicated. Among the side effects can be an allergy to the components.
Bronhicum
The composition of pastilles from coughs includes such plant components: the root of the primrose, grindelia grass, the root of the field color, the quiberach bark, thyme. Has expectorant, mucolytic, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effect.
Are indicated for use in chronic and acute bronchitis, other types of cough. Do not take with allergies to the substances of troches. During pregnancy, you can not use.
Linkas
These pastilles from cough consist of plant components: vascular adhatoda leaves, licorice roots, pepper fruits, fragrant violet, leaves of medicinal hyssop. Due to this, the drug has good expectorant and mucolytic effects. It is prescribed for ARVI, pneumonia, bronchitis, tracheitis, influenza.
The drug can not be used for children under six years old, with allergic reactions to its main components, patients with diabetes mellitus, as well as during pregnancy and lactation. The course lasts usually five to seven days. On the recommendation of the attending physician, it can be repeated. Among the side effects are allergic rashes.
Travisil
It is a complex herbal preparation that is distinguished by an antiemetic and expectorant action. It is used to treat various types of cough (even when smoking smokers). The lozenges must be resorbed until completely dissolved. The duration of the course is prescribed by the doctor, as well as the necessary doses. Adults and teenagers, as a rule, take two tablets three times a day. Children - one tablet three times a day.
Among the side effects are allergies to drug substances. In the composition there is a rhizome of medicinal alpinia, fruits of long pepper, fruits of ordinary fennel, root of medicinal ginger, fruits of chebulus terminology.
Dr. Theiss
Cough lozenges that have different tastes (cherry, sage, lemon, sea-buckthorn and honey). The composition of the drug includes: peppermint oil, racemic menthol, anethole. Usually used for the treatment of inflammatory infectious processes in the pharynx and oral cavity. It is not recommended to use: children under five years, with allergies to components, pregnancy, lactation.
The dosage of pastilles is usually this: one tablet is absorbed every three hours. It is worth remembering that eating more than eight tablets per day is prohibited. The drug is not recommended if there are bleeding wounds in the mouth. Cases of an overdose have not been fixed.
Isla pastilles
The composition of the drug includes an extract of Icelandic moss, which is characterized by immunostimulating and antimicrobial action. Thanks to these cough drops, it is possible to reduce the intensity of inflammation, eliminate pain when swallowing. It is used not only for coughing, but also for dryness in the mouth, hoarseness.
It is used by patients for bronchial asthma. Keep the lozenges in your mouth until they are completely dissolved. The treatment schedule and its duration is established by the attending physician. Children from four to twelve can take no more than one lozenge per day. No side effects were found. The drug should not be taken with sensitivity to the components, patients with diabetes mellitus, during pregnancy and lactation.
Colmex
These pastilles include: sugar, citric acid, glucose, flavors, ascorbic acid, mint oil, beta-carotene, propolis and glycerol monostearate. It is a biologically active additive that is taken with food. Thanks to essential oils, it helps to increase the amount of vitamin B2 in the body.
It is used to treat coughing, hoarseness, hoarseness, irritation in the throat, to improve the freshness of breathing. Do not use with allergies to the components of pastilles, children under 14 years. Adults use one lozenge three times a day. The course lasts up to seven days. You can reuse it for a year.
Gorpils
Cough lozenges with different flavors (orange, lemon, strawberry, eucalyptus-menthol, honey). The preparation contains: dichlorobenzyl alcohol (,) and amylmetalcresol. This drug has an antibacterial effect, so it is actively used in dentistry and otolaryngology.
It is used for various inflammatory and infectious processes in the throat and oral cavity, tonsillitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, hoarseness, thrush of the mouth, stomatitis. It is not recommended to take during pregnancy and children under five. Doses: one lozenge every two hours.
Herbal cough lozenges
Vegetable pastilles from cough are, perhaps, the most popular drugs that help get rid of unpleasant symptoms. They contain extracts of essential medicinal plants, so they are safe for health and, as a rule, do not cause side effects. But notice, if you have allergic reactions to the components of such pastilles, treatment with their help is better not to conduct. The most popular plant pastilles for coughing are: Dr. Mom, Gorpils, Dr. Theiss, Isla, Travisil.
Cough syrups with sage
Medicinal sage - a plant that has long been known for its wonderful properties. It is often added to plant cough lozenges. The most popular preparations with a sage for treatment of different types of cough are:
Sage (from Natur Product)
The active substances are sage extract and sage oil. Used to treat inflammation in the upper respiratory tract and oral cavity. Do not use for allergies to sage, during pregnancy and lactation, children under five years of age and patients with acute nephritis.
For treatment, it is necessary to keep the lozenge in your mouth until it completely melts. Usual dosage for adults: six lozenges per day (every two hours). The duration of the course is not more than a week. Among the side effects are allergies.
Salvia Evalar
Cough lozenges that are anti-inflammatory. They include sage oil. Very important is the fact that they do not have sugar, so patients with diabetes can use them without problems.
The recommended duration of admission is four days. In a day adults need to take five pastilles. Also in the preparation there is vitamin C. Contraindicated in cases of allergy to sage and during pregnancy.
Method for applying pastilles against cough
Virtually all pastilles from cough apply equally. It is necessary to know that they can not be chewed. All such preparations are kept in the oral cavity until they are fully resorbed. Only in this case you will get the most effective treatment. Typically, the maximum allowable dose per day is ten lozenges. They are divided into separate receptacles for one lozenge in two to three hours.
Overdose
Cough pastilles usually do not have a particular problem with overdose. Only the drug "Koldakt Lorkpils" sometimes causes increased dizziness, nausea, headache, increased heartbeat and drowsiness, if the patient took above the daily rate of pastilles.
Interactions with other drugs
Various studies have shown that cough drops often interact well with other drugs without causing side effects. Moreover, influenza and ARVI are usually treated with a combination of drugs that help reduce the strength of various symptoms of the disease.
Storage conditions
Cough pastilles are stored in a dark and dry place at temperatures up to + 30 ° C. It is very important that the place is protected from children. Remember that improper storage of medications can make them unsuitable for use. To learn how to properly store a particular tool, you can read about it in the instructions.
Shelf life
Shelf life of cough drops is usually five years. The use of the drug after this time can lead to serious consequences. Remember that the manufacturer must indicate the expiry date on the package of the preparation.
Cheap cough lozenges
Cough at least once in my life prevented everyone. To cure it, people usually rush to the pharmacy to buy effective cough lozenges. Many simply take the tool that they heard about in advertising, without thinking that there are cheaper analogues that are not inferior in efficiency. Cheap cough lozenges:
- Cofflet. The drug is anti-inflammatory, helps not only to get rid of cough and sore throat, but also to freshen your breath. Apply one lozenge three to four times a day. Price for one lozenge 0 UAH.
- Halls. Excellent lollipops that help to remove severe attacks of cough. Usually come with menthol, orange and honey flavor. The composition of the drug includes: menthol, glucose, sugar, eucalyptus oil. Price 0 UAH.
- Immunvit. The lozenges help to soften the cough, freshen the breath, kill the bacteria, remove the perspiration in the throat and runny nose. Do not take with allergies to the components of the drug. They include the root of licorice. Can be used when the smoker coughs. The cost of one package: 2, 0 UAH.
If you think that cough is a common symptom, which by itself passes quickly and does not lead to consequences, you are very wrong. Incorrect treatment of a cough can lead to pyelonephritis, sinusitis, meningitis.
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Tablets for coughing during pregnancy
During pregnancy, the expectant mother should be extremely cautious when taking medication, because through the placenta the fetus penetrates the vast majority of components of medicines, and many of them can have a negative impact. This especially applies to the first trimester of pregnancy, when the process of laying the organs is in progress. However, it is not always possible for a pregnant woman to avoid banal colds or viruses. The result can be the occurrence of a cough, which must be treated.
Preparations for cough for pregnant women
If you are suffering from severe cough during pregnancy, the doctor must prescribe the treatment. During pregnancy, the body naturally weakens the immune defense of the body in order for the fetal attachment and its further development to be successful. And because even a small cold can pass more heavily than before pregnancy. In addition, the mother's disease, especially in the first trimester, can lead to disruption of the baby's development. Therefore, modern and safe drugs are needed.
In addition, you need to quickly relieve coughing attacks during pregnancy, because it has another danger. When the cough strains the muscles of the press, and a pregnant woman, especially if there is a threat of miscarriage, this is not useful. Therefore, treatment should not only be safe, but also effective, as fast as possible.
For treatment of cough during pregnancy, drugs are selected taking into account the type of cough, as well as the course of the disease and the presence of concomitant symptoms. If you are frozen or wet your feet, and cough is not pronounced, without the temperature, you can get by local means that will remove the inflammation. You can use syrups, sprays and even candy cough drops for pregnant women who are considered safe. Specific drugs, dosages and the duration of their reception will determine the doctor. Often specialists are appointed mucutin from cough during pregnancy, but there are also more modern means with increased effectiveness.
If it is a question of a strong cough, a suspicion of bronchitis or even pneumonia, the disease is accompanied by fever, self-medication or late referral to a doctor is unacceptable. It is necessary to call a specialist at home, and then take pills for pregnant women and perform other medical measures in full accordance with his prescriptions.
Than you can treat a cough pregnant - home remedies
When using home remedies, the expectant mother also needs to be extremely careful. The fact is, for example, that honey, which is often used to treat cough, is an allergenic product, namely allergens in pregnancy should be carefully avoided. It is good to drink warm milk, as it softens the throat. For pregnant women, it is permissible to rinse with herbs or saline. You can take vitamins if they are prescribed by a gynecologist watching you, drink tea with raspberries, strengthen the immune defense with garlic and onions. Shock doses of vitamin C should be taken with caution, since oranges and lemons also
are allergens.Carry the baby for 9 months and at the same time it's never difficult to get sick, especially if the window is dank weather. As a rule, mild colds do not have a negative effect on the baby and the general health of the mother, so you should not worry and worry because of a small cough. It is enough to consult a doctor and carry out his recommendations, not to endure the illness on his feet and rest more. In the case, if coughing is aggravated or prolonged recovery, seek medical help and undergo treatment is necessary, this is the guarantee of your child's health.
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Can I take pills for cough during pregnancy?
The danger for small crumbs during pregnancy can be an ordinary cold of the mother, which at other times she easily carried on her legs. A great danger is caused by a cough, because during an attack, it is likely that the uterine tone increases. To admit this is not worth it, because it hurts for the future mummy and badly affects the blood supply of crumbs, until the onset of hypoxia. Therefore, to be treated for a pregnant woman from a cough should be started as soon as possible.
How to treat
Naturally, the doctor should be engaged in treatment. Tablets from cough during pregnancy are prescribed with great care. After all, conventional drugs can do more harm than good, especially in the first trimester. Some drugs are completely contraindicated to pregnant women, some can be used only in a certain period of development of the fetus.
Tablets for coughing during pregnancy
With dry cough, the following drugs are prescribed: "Stoptussin" Stodal "Bronchicum which the manufacturer produces in the form of pastilles, syrups, elixirs, potions. If the cough is very severe, in the second and third trimesters it is allowed to use the "Coldrex" of Sinecode "Falimint" Libexin "Travisila" and only under the supervision of a doctor.
Wet cough is treated with breastfeeding, elixirs, syrups from licorice root, althea. Appointed drugs such as "Herbion" Dr. Mom "Prospan" Tussin. " It is good to help sputum cough from a pill - during pregnancy, herbal remedies can be taken. Possible treatment with tablets "Bronchiepred" Ambroxol "Bromhexine" Flavamed "Bronchicum". But most importantly - any of their medicines should be taken as prescribed by the doctor and in prescribed dosages.
What pills for cough during pregnancy are strictly forbidden
In the first trimester, you can not use drugs "Broncholitin"Codelac" Glikodin "ACC" Pertussin "Terpinkod" Ascoril "Alex Plus" Dzhoset ". All of the listed drugs have contraindications and during lactation.
Pregnancy and cough - decoctions of herbs
By right, an effective method of treating a cough in a future mother is simple inhalation. After all, any SARS or ARI in the first stage of the disease is characterized by a dry cough, but inhalations soften and soothe cough. It would be great to use a nebulizer or a special inhaler, but for lack of these, the improvised means will do. For example, you can breathe over a teapot spout into a paper cone or, covered in a blanket, over a saucepan. Good steam helps from simple boiled potatoes in a peel with onions and garlic. With a dry cough you can use inhalation on such herbs as chamomile, lime blossom, thyme. Well, St. John's wort, sage or plantain, as well as marshmallow or a three-leaved watch. For a wet cough, mother-and-stepmother, turn, rosemary, leaves of plantain are acceptable. Remarkably help cowberry leaf, eucalyptus, herb yarrow. You can drink herbal teas or gatherings of these herbs, but in moderation. Be healthy!
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