Angina is an unpleasant disease in which palatine tonsils are affected. When the first symptoms of angina appear, the nursing mother should immediately begin treatment. It is important not to allow the appearance of complications, in which taking antibiotics will be inevitable.
In the first stages, the treatment of angina during lactation includes several basic and mandatory procedures that should be carried out carefully and regularly. So, than to treat a sore throat mum? You will need a decoction of chamomile, an infusion of calendula and eucalyptus, a spray for the throat and a tablet for resorption.
How to cure a sore throat mommy?
First, you need to consult a therapist. He will prescribe an adequate treatment considering that you do not want to interrupt breastfeeding. If this condition is not feasible, and the doctor will reasonably convince you of this, it will be necessary for some time to resort to the expression and transfer of the child to artificial feeding.
In most cases with angina, you can continue to breastfeed. The main thing is to follow all the doctor's instructions: gargle every 30 minutes (furacilin, calendula and eucalyptus tincture, decoction of chamomile, iodine and salt solution), take absorbable tablets (pay attention to contraindications), spray the throat with spray (not exceeding the permitted dosages).
A good therapeutic and soothing effect has an abundant warm drink. It is especially useful for the treatment of angina during breastfeeding to drink herbal teas, decoctions of dogrose, cranberry juice, compotes, warm milk with honey.
Be sure to exclude from the diet for the time of illness all cold food. And try to eat crushed food, so as not to injure your throat again.
If angina is accompanied by fever, the doctor will most likely prescribe antibiotics that are the least dangerous for breastfeeding.