Sore throat may be the first symptom of a cold or sore throat. Each person, having felt this problem, begins to be intensively treated: who buys all possible means from cold in a drugstore, and who also uses national methods. Pain in the throat during lactation becomes a special problem, since the nursing mother can not drink all the medications in a row.
Than to treat a throat to feeding mum?
If a woman has a sore throat with breastfeeding, then the choice of method of treatment is much more complicated. Most drugs are prohibited for use during breastfeeding. This is because most of them fall into breast milk and can cause a number of negative consequences: intestinal colic, allergic reaction, liver and kidney problems in the child. Before treating the throat when lactating with one or another remedy, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with its contraindications. And yet from the sore throat with lactation there are traditional and folk remedies:
Traditional drugs for the throat during lactation involve the use of tablets, syrups, rinses and sprays. Tablets from the throat during lactation should be taken once at high temperature. Rinse throat with lactation is the most innocuous method of treatment. To do this, it is recommended to add 1 teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of soda and 4 drops of iodine to a glass of warm boiled water and rinse the throat with this solution during the day. Effective also rinses with a solution of furacillin.
From syrups you can use "Doctor MOM", "Gedelix", "Thoracic Elixir" and others (which do not contain bromhexine). "Geksoral" is a spray for the throat, which is not forbidden for nursing. It is effective in the treatment of viral diseases and is convenient to use (enough 2 times a day).
Use of unconventional means if the nursing mother has a sore throat
Of folk methods, you can
If the nursing mother notes the symptoms of a cold, then a couple of days she can try to treat herself, but in the absence of effect and fever, it is worthwhile to see a doctor.