Influenza during pregnancy

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Treatment of influenza in pregnant women has distinctive features, especially when you consider that the admission of most drugs is contraindicated.

In the first trimester of pregnancy, symptomatic treatment. This means that every symptom of the disease are treated individually. For example, high temperature (above 38.5 - 39 C) can be singly knock ibuprofen or acetaminophen, from cough - this term suitable herbal teas and cold preparations, authorized during pregnancy.

The body cope with the virus will help plenty of warm fluids and bed rest. The same will not hold more than steam inhalations with infusions of calendula, chamomile, St. John's wort, and others. Antibacterial therapy for the flu is not relevant, since the disease is caused by a virus.

In the second and third trimester of pregnancy as being symptomatic therapy with the addition of interferon list (other antiviral drugs are prohibited during pregnancy). Antibiotics are assigned only when complications (accession bacterial infection). If necessary, a treatment of threatened abortion and placental insufficiency.

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