Daily Tips :
  • Practice good posture (especially during the third trimester)
  • Wear a support belt under your lower abdomen
  • Avoid sleeping on your back
  • Never use mineral water for preparing baby feeds
  • Take pleasure in the miracles of pregnancy and birth.
  • Be sure your baby gets all immunizations on time.
  • Spend some time reading something light and interesting everyday.
  • A mother's milk has the right amount of fat, sugar, water and protein.
  • Talk to your doctor about what you should eat.
  • When sitting, keep your feet flat on the floor.
  • Sleep on your side with a pillow between your legs.
  • Avoid exposure to chemicals: herbicides, pesticides and paint.
  • Aim to do at least 30 minutes of moderate activity on most days of the week.
  • Avoid alcohol, raw fish, fish high in mercury, soft cheeses.
  • Eat high-fiber foods and drink plenty of water to avoid constipation.
  • Talk to your health care provider before taking any supplements.
  • Eat foods rich in folate, iron, calcium, and protein.
  • Avoid exposure to asbestos dust ,it causes serious mesothelioma.
     

Radio BroadCast

 

Top Videos

Pregnancy signs

Watch video

Normal symptoms

Watch video

Pregnancy test

Watch video

Doctor visits

Watch video

Due date

Watch Video

alleviate nausea

Watch Video

Poll

How many kids do you wish to have?
 
Hi-Mama.com
Welcome, Guest
Please Login or Register.    Lost Password?
Re:allergic asthma (1 viewing) (1) Guest
Go to bottom Post Reply Favoured: 0
TOPIC: Re:allergic asthma
#124
fsfs (User)
Fresh Boarder
Posts: 18
graph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Gender: Female
allergic asthma 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago Karma: 6  
i'ver allergic asthma , during the attack i only take anti-histaminic and mucolytic are they safe during pregnancy?
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
Last Edit: 2008/02/16 17:32 By fsfs.
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#126
Hi Mama Team (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 16
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:allergic asthma 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago Karma: 4  
The perfect method to treat asthma is to avoid having an attack in the first place. Avoid exposure to your asthma triggers.

Don't smoke. A pregnant woman who smokes runs a highly increased risk of having a severe asthma episode at some time in the pregnancy.

Stay away from people who have a cold, the flu, or other infection.

Long-term control medicines are consumed daily to control asthma and prevent asthma symptoms, even when asthma is stable. Theophylline is a long-term control medicine, slackens the smooth muscles around the airways.

Using a spacer with inhaled steroids (metered-dose inhaler) and gargling your mouth after inhaling the medicine minimises the risk of thrush.

Mucolytic agents maximises bronchospasm, and antihistamines are not useful in the treatment of asthma.

Health-disease.org

BUT We always advise to talk with your health care provider befor taking any medication.
Antihistamines (AH) are frequently needed by pregnant women for the treatment of allergic disorders. However, there are concerns in pregnant women raised about possible teratogenic effects of AH (as true for many other medications).
There is much less known about the safety of the second generation AH such as loratadine (Lor) in pregnancy than the safety of the older (first generation) AH such as chlorpheniramine in which there is much more experience.
However, there is more potential for other adverse effects such as sedation with such first generation AH.

Therefore, Diav-Citrin et al of the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel followed 210 pregnancies in which Lor had been taken vs 267 pregnancies in which other AH (both 1st and 2nd generations) had been used. Comparisons were made with a control group (no AH during pregnancies). Most of the exposures occurred during the first trimester of pregnancy. They found no significant difference in the incidence of congenital abnormalities in children born to women who had taken Lor (2.3%), other AH (4%), and no AH (3%) during pregnancy. However, the incidence of miscarriage was higher in those pregnancies in which Lor had been used.

Reference
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003;111:1239-43

American Academy Of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
Last Edit: 2008/02/18 06:27 By Hi Mama Team.
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
Go to top Post Reply
Hi-mama Discussion Board. Powered by Fireboardget the latest posts directly to your desktop

Ask The Physician

Our mission is to provide you with current, practical and easily understood answers to medically related questions. we care about you and about your baby too , so don't hesitate to ask your Q and our professionals will answer in just 24 hours. Read More

Ask The Pharmacist

it's a resource for questions about Drugs.You can ask us anything. Questions such as, “What should I do if i have fever during 1st trimester? Highly qualified Pharmacists are ready to help you . just ask and let Hi-Mama.com team do the rest . Read More

 

Copyright © 2007 - 2008 Hi-Mama.com