Angina in a nursing mother: how to treat?

If a nursing mother falls ill with a sore throat, then this is not a reason to quit breastfeeding. Milk during this period will not cause any harm to the baby. If it so happened that during lactation mommy got a sore throat, then you need:

1. Do not panic. When contacting, you need to protect the child from yourself as much as possible, for this you need to use a gauze bandage or a sanitary mask.
2. In no case do not stop feeding the baby with mother's valuable milk - in this case, weaning will have a side effect for the baby and mother.
3. Choose the right treatment that will be effective, and medications should in no way harm the baby.

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

Angina is a bacterial disease in which the back wall in the throat is affected. With a classic infectious sore throat, there is no sore throat, this can be triggered by the flu or a cold form of the disease. At this stage, you need to understand - an infectious or colds form of a sore throat in mom. In the first case, you must always consult a doctor so that he prescribes the correct treatment to the nursing mother.

Angina during feeding with ARI

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

With an increase in temperature, a nursing mother may take paracetamol. Firstly, it is quickly excreted from the body, and secondly, the part that enters the milk is not threatening the baby’s body. But it must be taken when the temperature is above 37 ° C. To this limit, the immune system independently fights the virus that affects it. It is believed that only after 37.5 C and with a further dynamic increase in temperature, antipyretic drugs should be used.

Important! If a nursing mother is infected with an infectious sore throat, one should not immediately resort to the use of antibiotics and antibacterial medications. They get into milk, and some of them can be a threat to the baby.

Medication for classic sore throat during breastfeeding

It can 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 proven itself well over time.

When taking antibiotics, you need to remember that they treat one and cripple the other. Rather, the intestinal microflora reacts negatively to them, this results in frequent dysbiosis.This in no case should be allowed during lactation, because because of this, the baby may also have a disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. For this reason, when taking antibiotics, prebiotics are drunk in parallel - drugs that protect the intestinal walls from negative effects. It is recommended to use fermented milk products during antibiotic treatment - this will normalize the intestinal flora.

If the mother’s chair 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 treatment of tonsillitis do not use a group of prebiotics, then dysbiosis is inevitable. It is better at the very beginning to take care of eliminating the occurrence of this problem in the future.

Treatment of sore throat during breastfeeding with folk remedies

1 method

1. It will take 400 gr. gooseberries and honey.
2. Method of preparation and use: Berries must be crushed, then squeeze the fruit mass through cheesecloth. Drink the resulting juice three times a day, one third of a glass with the addition of 1 teaspoon of honey.
3. Gargle should be gargled at least 4-5 p. / Day with a solution of one part of boiled water and part of gooseberry juice.

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

Method of preparation and use: you need to mix all the components and gargle thoroughly with this solution every day, at least 3-4 p. It is important that the solution is warm.

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

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

4 method

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

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

Method of preparation and use: Grind the leaves, put in a jar and pour alcohol. Allow to stand in a cool dark place for 7 days. Then strain through cheesecloth and drink 30 drops of tincture in 1 cup of water. The same solution can gargle during the day.

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

This mixture should be put on low heat and held for 5-7 minutes, then let it brew for half an hour. After cooling to room temperature, strain through cheesecloth. The resulting solution needs to gargle, especially with complex types of tonsillitis.

7 method
Need 3 tbsp. tablespoons of fresh (freshly picked) sorrel leaves pour two cups of boiling water and then insist for 2 hours. Then it remains only to strain the composition, and it can immediately be used to gargle. If necessary, slightly warm up.

During the period of the disease, you need to drink chamomile broth, it has a bactericidal property, due to which the body's resistance to the disease increases.

Diagnosis and first signs of ailment

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

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

1. Angina in the process of acute respiratory infections during lactation. Usually this disease manifests itself immediately and has a number of symptoms.This is a breakdown and fever, frequent sneezing and aching headaches.
2. Angina in the process of influenza during lactation. The main symptoms are: sore throat, pain and aches all over 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 in the presence of a severe cold and a stuffy nose, but most importantly, if you do not recover completely, then very frequent relapses will periodically pester you. With this ailment, lymph nodes increase, tonsils are greatly enlarged, loss of appetite, severe headache, possibly inflammation of the liver and spleen.

Prevention and causes of sore throat 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 are those who have weak immunity, poor nutrition, and other domestic and social conditions. Children are constantly in the team (kindergartens, schools, clubs, sports sections), where there is a great risk of getting sick.

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

• With frequent colds and seasonal flu.
• Constant contacts with a large number of people or with a sore throat.
• Smoking - because the protective functions of the respiratory tract suffer and weaken from this effect.
• Frequent infectious diseases in a nursing mother.
• An allergy that primarily negatively affects the immune system.
• Visiting child care facilities.

Preventive methods of protection against sore throat during breastfeeding

1. Angina can be transmitted to the baby in case of direct contact. Therefore, before feeding, mom should necessarily treat the breast with an antiseptic.
2. Kisses or sharing dishes with patients with a sore throat, runny nose, flu, mononucleosis, or bacterial infection should be avoided.
3. It is often necessary to wash your hands thoroughly with soap, constant contact with a sore throat with children's accessories and accessories can trigger a baby’s disease.
4. You should not smoke during the illness - this will aggravate the state of health and extend the terms of the quickest recovery.
5. Do not allow dry air in the room, you need to moisten the room - just put a well-moistened towel on the battery.

If someone assures you not to breast-feed a child during a sore throat, you should not believe such advice. A sharp rejection of the breast can have bad consequences for both the mother and the baby. Breastfeeding is the key to a healthy baby, who will receive the amount of food and all useful substances required for his body. The formation of the immune system itself is laid from the first months of its life. If you are still unlucky, and you contracted a sore throat during lactation, then you should not listen to the advice of 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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