Angina in a nursing mother: how to treat?

If a nursing mother gets angina, this is not a reason to stop breastfeeding. Milk during this period will not cause any harm to the baby. If it so happened that during lactation mom got sore throat, then you need:

1. Do not panic. When contact is necessary to protect the child from a maximum, for this you need to use a gauze bandage or sanitary mask.
2. In no case do not give up to feed the baby with mother's valuable milk - in this case weaning will have a side effect for the baby and mother.
3. To choose the right treatment that will be effective, and the medicines in no case should not harm the baby.

Angina has several forms of the disease, in this article we will examine in detail all the forms, methods of treatment and methods that will allow the mother to protect the child.

Angina is a bacterial disease that affects the back of the throat. With the classic infectious sore throat there is no pain in the throat, it can be triggered by the flu or a cold form of the disease. At this stage, you need to understand - infectious or catarrhal form of tonsillitis in mom. In the first case, it is necessary to consult a doctor so that he prescribes the correct treatment for the nursing mother.

Sore throat in the period of feeding with acute respiratory

If angina is non-infectious, then you can continue to breastfeed without any particular concerns. The only thing in contact with the baby is to wear a sanitary bandage. Infectious sore throat, even taking into account methods of protection, has a viral form of the disease, which means that it can be transmitted to the surrounding airborne droplets.

When the temperature rises, the nursing mother can take paracetamol. Firstly, it is rapidly excreted from the body, and secondly, the part that gets into the milk is not a threat to the body of the baby. But it must be taken when the temperature is above 37 C.Up to this limit, the immune system independently fights against the virus that infects it. It is believed that only after 37.5 C and with further dynamic temperature rise - it is necessary to use antipyretic agents.

Important! With the defeat of a nursing mom with infectious sore throat, you should not immediately resort to the use of antibiotics and antibacterial drugs. They get into the milk, and some of them can pose a threat to the baby.

Drug treatment of classic angina during breastfeeding

It may be antibiotics of such groups: cephalosporins, macrolides. Their variety is growing every year, so they can prescribe a modern medicine or another generation that has worked well over time.

When taking antibiotics, you need to remember that they treat one thing and cripple the other.Rather, the intestinal microflora reacts to them in a negative way, it turns into frequent dysbacteriosis. This in the period of lactation in any case can not be allowed, because because of this, the baby can also be a disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. For this reason, while taking antibiotics, prebiotics are drunk in parallel - drugs that protect the intestinal walls from negative effects. It is recommended to use sour milk products during antibiotic treatment - this will allow to normalize the intestinal flora.

If the chair of mommy does not return to normal, then you need to contact a specialist who will give recommendations on how to eliminate this condition. If during the period of treatment of angina not to use a group of prebiotics, then dysbiosis is inevitable. Better at the very beginning to take care of eliminating this problem in the future.

Treatment of angina in the period of breastfeeding folk remedies

1 method

1. It will take 400 grams. gooseberry berries and honey.
2. Method of preparation and use: Berries need to be crushed, then the fruit mass is pressed through gauze. The resulting juice to drink three times a day, one third of a glass with the addition of 1 tsp.honey
3. Rinse the throat with at least 4-5 p. / Day with a solution from one part of boiled water and part of gooseberry juice.

2 method
It will take half a glass of freshly squeezed carrot juice, a third of boiled water and 2 tbsp. spoons of honey

Method of preparation and use: you need to mix all the ingredients and daily thoroughly gargle with this solution throat, at least 3-4 p. / Day. It is important that the solution is warm.

3 method
It will take 2 tbsp. spoons of chamomile juice, as well as exactly one cup of boiled water.

Method of preparation and use: you need to add the juice to the water and gargle with this solution 3-4 times a day. This solution can be replaced with a decoction of dry pharmaceutical chamomile. In proportion to 1 cup of water 1 tsp chamomile.

4 method

1. It will take 1 tbsp. plantain, 1 tbsp. Spoon cabbage juice, 1 tbsp. spoon juice leaves mother and stepmothers and half a cup of boiled water.
2. Method of preparation and use: Add plant sap to water and gargle 3 to 4 times a day.
3. If there is no allergic reaction to wormwood, then you can add juice or decoction of wormwood, it is a strong bactericidal and anti-inflammatory agent.

5 method
It will take 1 teaspoon of fresh leaves of wormwood and 300ml. alcohol.

Method of preparation and use: Chop the leaves, put in a jar and pour with alcohol.Let stand in a cool dark place for 7 days. After filtering through gauze and drink 30 drops of tincture per 1 cup of water. The same solution can gargle during the day.

6 method
No less effective remedy based on a decoction of raspberry berries. Need 2 tbsp. chop the raspberry berries and add a glass of boiling water.

This mixture should be put on a low heat and hold for 5-7 minutes, then allowed to infuse for half an hour. After cooling to room temperature, strain through cheesecloth. The resulting solution is necessary to gargle, especially for complex types of angina.

7 method
Need 3 tbsp. spoonful of fresh (freshly plucked) leaves of sorrel pour two circles of boiling water and then insist for 2 hours. Then it remains only to strain the composition, and it can immediately be used for gargling. If necessary, reheat a little.

During the period of the disease you need to drink chamomile decoction, it has a bactericidal property, so that the body’s resistance to the disease increases.

Diagnosis and the first signs of illness

The role of the tonsils is to protect the nasopharynx from infections.Therefore, it is necessary to adjust their function to eliminate pathogenic bacteria.

Inflamed tonsils with sore throat are red and swollen with accompanying stabbing pain. If no effective measures are taken at this stage, an abscess may develop, which means that pus will accumulate in the tonsils.

1. Tonsillitis in the process of acute respiratory infections during lactation. Usually, this disease appears immediately and has a number of symptoms. This is a breakdown and increased body temperature, frequent sneezing and aching headaches.
2. Sore throat in the process of flu during lactation. The main symptoms are: sore throat, pain and aches throughout the body, chills, a sharp drop in body temperature, fever appears at high temperatures.
3. Angina with mononucleosis during lactation. Mononucleosis is a rather insidious disease. It differs from a sore throat only by the presence of a bad rhinitis and nasal congestion, but the most important thing is that if you don’t recover completely, then very frequent relapses will periodically pester you. In this disease, the lymph nodes are enlarged, the tonsils are greatly enlarged, loss of appetite, severe headache, inflammation of the liver and spleen is possible.

Prevention and causes of tonsillitis during feeding

Most often, this disease affects children from 5 to 15 years. At an earlier age, up to 5 years, children suffer from viral tonsillitis. Angina has the same effect on both male and female sex, race and ethnic origin also do not play a role. The most exposed group of children is those with weak immunity, poor nutrition and other living and social conditions. Children are constantly in the team (kindergartens, schools, clubs, sports clubs), where there is a big threat to get sick.

Remember that viral tonsillitis, which can be picked up in any crowded place, affects 78% of patients, and the remaining 28% develop a bacterial form of tonsillitis. The most common viral tonsillitis is triggered by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). But, in addition to the virus, mom can get sick with the bacterial form of sore throat, which is less dangerous for both the baby and mommy herself.

There are many factors that can trigger a disease - you need to know about them, and avoid them in every way. Most often, a nursing mother can become infected or develop a sore throat on her own:

• With frequent colds and seasonal flu.
• Constant contact with a large number of people or with a sick sore throat.
• Smoking - because the protective functions of the respiratory tract are affected and weakened by this effect.
• Frequent infectious diseases in a nursing mother.
• Allergy, which primarily affects the immune system in a negative way.
• Visit childcare facilities.

Preventive methods of protection against angina during breastfeeding

1. Angina can be transmitted to the baby in case of direct contact. Therefore, before feeding, Mommy should treat the breast with an antiseptic without fail.
2. It is necessary to avoid kissing or sharing dishes with patients with tonsillitis, rhinitis, flu, mononucleosis, or a bacterial infection.
3. It is often necessary to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water. Constant contact with a sore throat with children's accessories and accessories can provoke a disease in a baby.
4. Do not smoke during illness - it will aggravate the state of health and stretch the time for a quick recovery.
5. Do not allow dry air in the room, you need to moisten the room - for this it is enough to put a well-moistened towel on the battery.

If someone assures you not to breastfeed a child during a period of sore throat - you should not believe such advice. A sharp rejection of the breast can have bad consequences for both mother and baby. Breastfeeding is a pledge of a healthy baby who will receive the amount of food and all the nutrients required for his body. The very formation of the immune system is laid from the first months of his life. If, nevertheless, you are not lucky, and you have contracted a sore throat during lactation, then you should not listen to the advice of your friends and others. In this case, you need to go to the doctor, because only in his competence to solve such issues, especially when it comes to the health of the child.

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