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Pregnancy with asthma, exacerbation
Asthma during pregnancy is a serious reason for visiting a specialist, timely examination and prescribing medications. If you let the disease take its course, it can lead to fetal hypoxia, complications during childbirth, and fetal development disorders. It is worth following all the doctor’s recommendations and properly preparing the apartment, removing risk factors.
Pregnancy with asthma requires special attention from a doctor.
Women who have experienced asthma attacks before pregnancy are obliged to warn the gynecologist about the problem at the first appointment. This chronic inflammatory disease can cause great harm not only to the woman in labor, but also to the fetus.
Why is asthma dangerous during pregnancy?
If treated too late, asthma can have serious consequences.
- Hyperemesis of pregnant women (increased intensity of toxicosis).
- Increased blood pressure of the expectant mother, as well as a high risk of developing preeclampsia, a disease that affects the kidneys, placenta, and liver.
- Complications during childbirth, premature birth.
- Delayed intrauterine development of the baby.
- Fetal hypoxia.
It is not difficult to find out the symptoms of suffocating asthma: coughing, a feeling of suffocation, hoarse breathing, blueness of the face, discomfort in the throat, squeezing of the chest – all this is an undoubted reason for going to the hospital and for an unscheduled examination.
What should a pregnant woman with asthma know?
Asthma and pregnancy are compatible, but the situation requires careful monitoring from both the woman and the doctor. The expectant mother is obliged to monitor the manifestations of the symptoms of the disease, as well as try to prevent asthma attacks by taking medications. During the carrying of a baby, a woman is prescribed inhalations with a minimum concentration, and they do not contain freon in their composition.
Experts advise planning an asthma pregnancy in advance and preparing for a healthy baby. But if the pregnancy came unexpectedly, there are several rules for the prevention of the disease that will help the expectant mother to avoid seizures.
- Exclude contact with possible allergens or avoid them, they can be dust, flowering plants, animal hair and saliva, food allergens.
- Do daily wet cleaning, clean upholstered furniture.
- Remove carpets and other furnishings that collect dust from the house.
- Avoid stress.
Following simple rules, as well as the prescriptions of your doctor, you will not face an exacerbation of asthma during pregnancy. Be healthy!