Tips to prevent frequent cold and cough during pregnancy
Tips to prevent frequent cold and cough during pregnancy
During pregnancy, a woman’s body is exposed to many changes, and the body takes a long time to absorb all the changes of that stage, so when a woman has any disease during that period, it gets worse.
Cough and cold are common diseases that affect anyone, and its symptoms include sore throat, runny nose, fatigue, constant sneezing, and other symptoms.
There are some habits that prevent you from getting cold and coughing, but in case of infection, do not worry too much, because the uterus protects your fetus well.
Here are the habits that prevent you from catching a cold and cough:
1- Get a flu shot:
There is no better preventive method than the vaccine, and it can be taken at any time throughout the months of pregnancy, even in the third trimester of pregnancy, and its effect extends for six months after birth.
2- Wash your hands regularly:
Maintaining personal hygiene is the best way to avoid catching colds and coughs. Hand contact with people who have a cold is very dangerous, because the virus that causes cold is transmitted in this way.
Since hand contact is inevitable, the only solution to avoid transmission is to wash hands frequently with soap and warm water.
3- Use of hand sanitizer:
In the event that you are outside, washing hands frequently is difficult, so you should carry hand sanitizer with you when you go out, the alcohol in the sanitizer reduces the spread of the virus, and if you do not like the smell of alcohol, choose a fruity sanitizer.
4- Increasing the amount of fluid in the body:
Having a sufficient amount of fluid in your body prevents you from getting cold and coughing because fluids work to expel toxins from the body, fluids are not limited to water only, but also include juices, tea is also fluid, but you should use caffeine-free types such as herbal types because caffeine negatively affects your fetus.
5- Follow a moderate diet:
Eating the right food prevents you from getting a cough and cold, make sure you eat foods that contain all the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, to help your immune system work better, when you feel that you may catch a cold eat foods that contain vitamin C.
6- Avoiding stress:
The immune system is affected by the pressure that a person is exposed to, and since the weak immune system is more susceptible to disease, so do not stress yourself, whether physically or nervous, and make sure that you get enough rest throughout the day, and stress can be effectively avoided by some breathing exercises.
7- Stay away from people with cold and cough:
If someone around you has a cold or a cough, staying away from him is necessary until he is completely cured. Staying away does not only mean not touching and leaving a distance between you and the infected person, but it also means not sharing personal items that the infected person used, such as towels, knives, etc.
8. Do not touch your face
If you are in doubt about whether your hands are not clean enough, it is better not to touch your face, because the virus is transmitted to the body through the mouth and nose, even if you wash your hands, there is no need to touch your face unnecessarily to avoid infection.
9 Maintaining the cleanliness of the place around you:
Bacteria and viruses spread everywhere, especially unclean places. Dust and dirt may cause problems if they are not cleaned constantly, such as whooping cough during pregnancy and dampness causes chest problems.
