Lactating Mommy self medication

Lactating Mommy is it can, like other ordinary people, medication?

Lactating women, is a particular physiological periods, this period included within 42 days after childbirth puerperium. Puerperal maternal systems have changed a lot, because a larger wound in the uterus after childbirth, during this period prone to infections and other diseases. When lactating women cold, bacterial infections, often taking some drugs. When Mommy when breastfeeding the child, drugs through breast milk into the baby inside, just different amounts of drugs in breast milk of a large difference. Lactating medication is an important principle: both are effective in treatment of diseases of the mother, but also minimize the effects of drugs on infants.

Shang respiratory infection--General speaking, lactation women most common of disease is Shang respiratory infection, will appears fever, and sneezing, and flow nose, and throat pain, and cough, symptoms, this during does not need stop breastfeeding, because regardless of is bacteria or virus sexual infection, dang mother appears symptoms Shi, baby already by exposure in was transmitted of environment among has, milk in the of antibody instead conducive to baby resistance disease of invasion, so should continues to breast feeding. If the symptoms are severe, the mother to choose some babies can use drugs, such as Penicillins and cephalosporins (pioneer ADRIAMYCIN) class.

Different antibiotic excretion in breast milk varies greatly, from the greater excretion of erythromycin in the milk and lincomycin. Although some antibiotics in breast milk in concentrations are very high, but reached the limited quantity of baby body, cannot achieve effective concentrations, can cause infant allergic reactions and lead to occurrence of drug-resistant strains. Some antibiotics such as kanamycin, and isoniazid to wet-when applied, could lead poisoning in infants should be disabled.

--Lactating Mommy allergic diseases such as allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis,, available local medication treatment.

Vaginitis – lactating Mommy when suffering from vaginal, recommends local medication treatment.

Lactating mothers the prohibition of the use of drugs: quinolone antibiotics, aminoglycoside antibiotics, chloramphenicol, ribavirin, radioactive isotopes, bromocriptine, of Cyclosporine, Adriamycin, etc.

Nursing mothers careful use of drugs: metronidazole (recommended when using interrupt 12-24 hours for breastfeeding), sulfonamide (feed within 5 days of newborn and premature infants should be avoided), effects of antifungal drugs (topical safer), antiviral drugs, thiourea antithyroid drugs, and so on.

Lactating mothers not to buy their own drugs and medication to follow doctor\'s advice, for safety reasons.