Dry cough during pregnancy

A dry cough during pregnancy always causes panic.  Most medications are strictly prohibited, and herbal treatment is not always effective or only gives short-term results. But it is simply necessary to fight this disease, since this type of cough can cause bleeding or miscarriage.

Cause of dry cough during pregnancy

Cough – This is a natural reaction of the body that prevents irritants from entering the body. Accordingly, in order for the treatment of dry cough to be effective, you first need to determine its root causes. The most common are:

• Dry air. As soon as air humidity drops significantly, even completely healthy people begin to cough. This is especially noticeable during the heating season. All people think about how to keep warm, but for some reason they forget about air humidification.

• Allergic reactions. Throughout pregnancy, a woman’s body is weakened. Even if allergic rhinitis was never a problem before conception, within 9 months even a seemingly banal reaction to dust may occur. Often pregnant women develop a dry cough due to the presence of animal hair, synthetic materials, flowers, and house plants in the house.
• Smoking. Although most women who smoke during pregnancy give up this harmful habit, there are those who still cannot forget about cigarettes. Smoking can also cause a dry cough.
• Cold. If cough is one of the symptoms of the disease and is accompanied by a runny nose, fever, etc., then we are talking about a bacterial or viral infection.
• Walks. There are times when a pregnant woman walks for a long time in the frosty air, and after returning home, a dry cough may begin.
• Stress. Overly suspicious women often suffer from cough, which is a consequence of stress and anxiety associated with pregnancy. Most often, this phenomenon occurs in the last weeks before childbirth.

How to treat dry cough during pregnancy

During treatment, first of all, it is necessary to take into account the fact that most drugs are simply contraindicated. But there are still options to get rid of the disease without harming the child:

• Regular ventilation of the room, as well as air humidification, will significantly alleviate the condition.
• Drinking plenty of warm fluids helps relieve throat irritation. It is advisable to use decoctions of herbs, for example, chamomile or string. Currant and raspberry decoctions recommended by our grandmothers are also very effective.
• For allergic rhinitis, you should rinse your nose with saline solution and do inhalations, for example, with Borjomi. Also, if necessary, you can use children's antihistamines.
• If you have a sore throat, you can drink a glass of warm milk with 1 tsp. honey

• Among drugs, it is worth giving preference to those made from natural ingredients. For example, Mukaltin is considered safe.
• Some doctors claim that breathing exercises help cope with a dry cough. First you need to take one deep breath, then 3 short exhalations. After this, take a few short breaths and exhalations. The exercise should be completed with one long inhalation and 3 short exhalations.

It is also important to remember that throughout pregnancy it is strictly forbidden to steam your feet, use medications that contain alcohol, or consume unfamiliar herbal decoctions.