H1N1 symptoms in pregnant women
Posted on November 10, 2009
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If you suspect that your got Influenza H1N1 influenza (swine flu), suggest that you first look at whether your symptoms match in the end. Influenza A H1N1 influenza-like symptoms with the common influenza-like symptoms similar to this:
• Sudden high fever
• fatigue
• Sudden cough
• Headache
• Muscle and joint pain
If you’re really infected with influenza A H1N1 influenza, which may occur in the following symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
Influenza A H1N1 influenza caused by a fever, the temperature may be very high. If you’ve got influenza A H1N1 flu, your body temperature may exceed 39 ℃, higher than normal body temperature for more than 2 ℃.
If you find yourself emerged in any of the above-mentioned symptoms, please go to the hospital treatment, or first call the local health and epidemic prevention department telephone, for guidance. Influenza A H1N1 influenza is very contagious strong, in the out treatment, you need to wear masks to avoid the use of public transport, and take the hospital out-patient access fever. If you have been diagnosed as infected with the influenza A H1N1 influenza virus, the doctor may give you turn on the antiviral drugs, or use traditional Chinese medicine for your treatment, China has had pregnant patients treated with traditional Chinese medicine methods precedent. You may also need hospital isolation.
If you are pregnant, the recommendations for influenza A H1N1 flu drug may not be for you. Even the Chinese medicine also need professional medical treatment under the guidance of the dialectic. Therefore, in consultation with medical advice, you can not self-medication.
Pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy with fever, there will be a modest increase in fetal risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida. Therefore, control of hyperthermia is very important.
You can take acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) to bring down a fever, which is safe for you. If it is 500 milligrams (mg) tablets, each taking 12, the effect can be lasted 4 hours. You can be taken within 24 hours up to 8 500 mg (mg) of paracetamol tablets. Doctor may also give you something to open the safe use during pregnancy can be of Chinese medicine, or suggest that you sponge bath to cool.
In addition, you should also take measures to prevent the transmission of influenza A H1N1 influenza to the rest of the family. When coughing and sneezing, use tissues block, and then immediately thrown away. You also need to wash hands frequently.
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