Q: I have 23 weeks of gestation. Two days ago suffering from bronchitis, violent coughing has been 2 days. Doctor prescribed some proprietary Chinese medicines, but I fear that the drug will on the one hand has an impact on fetus and dared not to take medicine, on the other hand feared violent coughing impact fetal development. What should I do?
A: coughing is a manifestation of respiratory tract infections, is also a self defense function, to cough up secretions and pathogens. But for others,, which is a mode of transmission of respiratory infections.
As regards the effects on fetal, depending on what is cough caused by pathogens. If it is a common disease of HIV, or Mycoplasma bacteria, in these pathogens have not been very good control before may enter in the blood of pregnant women and fetal placental infection. Early pregnancy and some pathogens can cause abortion, fetal malformation;, late may cause intrauterine infection in pregnancy affects fetal development, fetal hypoxia, preterm birth, and birth asphyxia and other undesirable outcomes.
Thus, cold or respiratory infection in pregnant women with cough and sputum, and other performance, should promptly seek medical advice. The doctor will select a valid but little influence on the fetus of drug treatment. Light with cough medicine, is only a stopgap. Effect not only drugs on the fetus of pregnant women have, in fact, the \"disease\" more than drugs on fetal.
(Answering the expert: Professor Huang Xinghua capital University of medical sciences, Master Inst
ructor Beijing maternity hospitalphysician; perinatal medicine, Chinese Medical Association Member; Chinese preventive medicine Association, Chairman of the society for women\'s health. ）
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