Sore throats during pregnancy can be treated with simple, homemade measures, such as gargling with warm water and salt, drinking pomegranate juice or tea, or even eating more vitamin C foods, such as orange, tangerine and lemon, which help to increase the body's defenses and, consequently, to fight inflammation or infection faster.
The use of anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics in pregnancy should only be done under the indication and prescription of the obstetrician because of the risk of causing malformations in the fetus or problems in its growth and development. Thus, even the sore throat remedies that can be used in pregnancy, such as paracetamol, or antibiotics, such as Amoxicillin or Cephalexin, for example, should only be used under medical advice.
What to do to treat sore throat naturally
Sore throats during pregnancy can be treated with homemade measures that help to relieve throat pain and inflammation and include:
- Drink up to 3 cups of ginger tea with lemon a day: this tea has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties and increases the body's natural defenses. To make the tea, just place 1 4 cm peel of 1 regular or regular lemon and 1 cm of ginger in 1 cup of boiling water, let it warm and drink up to 3 cups of tea a day; Take 2 tablespoons of honey with 10 drops of propolis extract per day: it helps to disinfect the throat and to treat pain and inflammation, in addition to strengthening the immune system; Apply 3 to 4 times a day the propolis spray with honey or the propolis spray, honey and pomegranate: these sprays act as a natural antibiotic and help to relieve throat pain and inflammation; Drink pomegranate juice with honey twice a day: the pomegranate has an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic action, helping to disinfect the throat and reduce inflammation and honey lubricates the throat, reducing pain. To make the juice, beat in a blender 1 pomegranate and 1 glass of water, then add 1 teaspoon of honey, stirring well; Drink up to 3 cups of pomegranate tea a day: this tea helps to treat the sore throat and eliminate the microorganisms that may be causing the inflammation. To make the tea, just add 20 g of the rind or pomegranate flowers and leaves in 1 cup of boiling water; Eat more vitamin C-rich foods like strawberries, oranges or broccoli: they increase the body's defenses, helping to fight inflammation more quickly. See other foods rich in vitamin C. Take a square of chocolate and eat mint leaves, as indicated by nutritionist Tatiana Zanin in this video:
Usually, with these homemade measures, the inflammation of the throat improves in about 3 days. However, if the symptoms persist, it is important to consult the obstetrician so that he can see if there is pus in the throat to indicate the use of antibiotics, but even with the indication of using this type of medication, the 6 natural ways that we indicate here are still advised to complement clinical treatment.
