Of course, every future mother knows that to beware of colds in the early stages of pregnancy is simply necessary. But, alas! - from this no one is immune. Even if you neglect visiting crowded places during seasonal outbreaks of viral diseases, there is still no guarantee that one of your loved ones will not bring you a malignant virus to your house. After all, under the broad notion of "cold", many imply the very SARS and ARI, which doctors write in diagnoses at any time of the year. And this - the disease, transmitted by airborne droplets or through household items. The flu is much more dangerous than colds in the first days of pregnancy, but fortunately, it is seasonal in nature.
Colds in the first week of pregnancy, as a rule, few people are worried - it is unlikely that the future mother already knows that she is pregnant to provide for all possible consequences of the illness and treatment that is not taking into account her condition. But in the future it is very important to reduce the risk of infection by infection to a minimum. Any virus that does not pose a particular threat to a normal healthy person, any cold in the beginning of pregnancy is very dangerous for the future baby.
There is a general rule for assessing the possible harmful effects of colds in the first weeks of pregnancy - the shorter the period, the more consequences there may be for the child. For example, if a cold starts at 3 or 4 weeks, it can lead to an undeveloped pregnancy. If the disease has overtaken you on a period of 4 to 12 weeks, you need to be wary of pathologies in the development of the organ that was formed at the initial stage of the disease.
As you can see, the onset of pregnancy is the most dangerous time for a cold, because it is during this period that all the organs of your baby are laid. After the first trimester, all the organs and systems of the child have already been formed, and viral diseases will not cause such vices in development, but all the same fraught with consequences. And even if we do not talk about such unlikely, but possible problems like placenta damage and infection of the baby, the cold in the early stages of pregnancy is terrible with the unpleasant symptoms that it causes. High fever, aches, weakness, stuffy nose and lack of appetite - all this leads to the fact that the baby in the womb suffers from a lack of oxygen and nutrition. And especially dangerous for the development of the baby is a prolonged temperature above 38 °!
Do not suffer a cold in the early stages of pregnancy on your legs. Be sure to consult a doctor and be sure to notify him of your pregnancy: it depends on how and how he will treat you. And, even if it seems to you that you are quite tolerably feeling yourself, do not doubt - take a sick leave. Believe me, nothing in the world is worth your child's health!
Take very seriously to the appointment of a doctor and very carefully apply even seemingly harmless "grandmother's" recipes! So, for example, when treating a cold in the early stages of pregnancy, you can not soar your legs, drink aspirin and all the preparations that make up it. Even the seemingly perfectly harmless vitamin C, used in colds at an early stage of pregnancy in large quantities, can cause bleeding.
Be very circumspect, but most importantly - do not panic! About 80% of future mothers are sick with viral infections, but the overwhelming majority of them have healthy babies. If after a cold in the early stages of pregnancy you feel well, the results of tests and examinations are normal, then you have nothing to worry about. After all, nature also cares about the health of the baby: the placenta is a unique protective barrier!
Take care of your health. More be outdoors, be sure to air and moisten the room, use oxolin ointment before visiting crowded places. Do not overcool and avoid drafts. These and other simple preventive measures will help you if you do not avoid seasonal colds, then at least transfer them to an easy, intrepid for the future child form.