Dry Cough during Pregnancy

[IndiaParenting]

How to prevent dry cough during pregnancy? What are the home remedies for dealing with dry cough during pregnancy? What can cause dry cough to aggravate during pregnancy?
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[Sweta Yadav]

Dry cough can be a problem in pregnancy as it causes a lot of irritation. the best way to prevent is to identify the cause. If the trigger of dry cough is known, then it can be easily prevented. Most common triggers are allergy or digestion related problems. Try to find the cause of allergy as it could be dust, certain smells or acidity or heartburn. Digestion related problems can be overcome with healthy and timely diet and having lots of water.
Basically dry cough can be prevented. If you do have dry cough, then it is better to cure it with natural remedies.

[Naaz Haashmi]

For dry cough, simple home remedy is ginger juice, basil juice and honey. It is safe and has no side effects. This mixture needs to be taken thrice a day and it helps cure dry cough. If taking medicines, then a doctor needs to be consulted.

[Zubi Khan]

Hello! Coughing is an action which helps to remove mucous or phlegm through the throat from the nose and mouth and has been expelled from the lungs. Women experience dry cough in any stage of their pregnancy.

[Minal Bhalla]

Many pregnant women experience dry cough during their pregnancy, but there are some who complain about experiencing too much coughing in the last stages of their pregnancy. This makes breathing difficult and cause suffocation, leading to breathlessness.

[Latika Singh]

Hello all this was told to me by a doctor that when you have common cold it mostly causes dry cough. The virus causes coughing reactions is irritant and the situations may become worse in the night. It is obvious that women experience symptoms of cold during their pregnancy which ultimately leads to cough which is productive and unproductive. Coughing might be worse if the lady suffers from allergies and irritants in air. If the pregnant lady is an asthma patient then she can experience unproductive coughs and breathlessness.

[Smriti Tori]

There are several causes which lead to coughing during pregnancy like Rhinitis of pregnancy. There are women who experience congestion in their pregnancy which can cause coughing and irritation. The levels of estrogen when increased can cause the lining of nose to swell increasing the blood flow which causes swelling. This swelling and irritation can lead to dry coughing.

[Alesha Nayak]

There are various discomforts caused by coughing in the pregnancy as it becomes a reason for distress. Excessive coughing causes urinary incontinence and lack of sleep. The pressure developed by coughing forces the bladder to leave urine and cause urine leakage. Coughing can cause problems while sleeping making sleep uncomfortable during the final stages of pregnancy.

[Pooja Sinhal]

Hi I would like to suggest that whenever you experience dry cough immediately visit a doctor before it becomes worse. The doctor will examine properly and treat you with proper medication. Always consult a doctor and then only take medications as some of them cause heartburns and stomach acid which may add in to the coughing. Sometimes stomach problems also cause coughing.

[Swapna Jadhav]

Taking home remedies is the safest and the easiest method to avoid cough. You can stay hydrated all the time with hot water and squeezing a bit of lemon in it calming the irritant cough. Eating a hard candy can also be soothing to the throat. You can also use cough drops. Make sure to consult and talk to your doctor before you try anything for your safety.

[Arushi Sahai]

I would like to advice the ladies to keep their head straight and elevated whenever they feel like coughing as the coughing gets worse when you lie down. If you are allergic to dust or potential irritants then stay away from them. Perfumes, dust, cleaning products can cause the cough to trigger. Visit doctors regularly for the right treatment.