Cold N Flu

Question

Dear doctors,
I am 38 weeks pregnant and got attacked by flu and cold. My pregnancy i completely fine Alhamdulillah.
I need someone to advice me a safest treatment to eradicate it as soon as possible.
I have blocked and runny nose, one sided temporal headache and throat tightness.
I am feeling extremely tired being pregnant.
Couldn&rsquo;t sleep since 48 hours&hellip;
Having nose n mouth dryness now as well

Help please

Dr. Aakash Parwani · Answer

Tak tab augmentin 625mg 1.1
Tab panadol 1.1.1
Tab fexit120mg 1.1
All for 3 days

Dr. Shahid Ikram · Answer

Take plenty of warm to hot fluids like tea and qehwa, Take Panadol for bodyaches if any, add citrous fruits to routine, take fexet D once at night for runny nose

Dr. Muhammad Shimroz Abbas Khan · Answer

Tab panadol thrice a day
Tab fexet d aik rat ko

Dr. Aatika Aftab · Answer

Take simple panadol for headache and sore throat , take steam inhalation 3 times a day  and nebulize with normal saline ,increase fluids ( try to have warm fluids) and do gargles with warm water and salt . For weakness take your supplements and get your hemoglobin checked

Dr. Shahr Yar · Answer

flu and cold are usually self limiting,so you don't need to worry about it.
Meanwhile you can use plenty of fluids,hot beverages like tea,qahwa.
If you have any fever/body aches,you can add Paracetamol and Fexet-D two times a day.

Dr. Kiran Zahra · Answer

Tab Panadol 1+0+1
Tab Fexet D 60 mg ( at night time ) for 2 days
Gargles with saline water 2 times
Johar joshanda 2 times for 2 days

Dr. Tayyaba Ilyas · Answer

Tab Panadol twice or thrice a day tab fexet d raat ko aik drink plenty of fluids

Dr. Mahwish Shah · Answer

Tab calpol 500 MG 2 tab every 8 hrs for 3 days
Tab zyrtec 10 MG 1 tab at night for 3 nights
Get cbc especially Hb at this time to get ur Hb checked, get one visit to gynaec OPD for assessment of fetal position.
Avoid too much tea coffee, can take qehwa and yakhni to avoid sleep loss, steam carefully for 3 days. Drink plenty of water and warm fluids. Take care and have a safe
delivery.

Dr. Muhammed Akbar · Answer

pnadol 3 times a day, tab kestine 10mg 1+1
cap caricef 400mg once,s daily

Dr. M Junaid Bhatti · Answer

Tab Panadol CF 1+1+1

Dr. Muhammad Asad Altaf · Answer

Try home remidies. Steam inhalation, warm saline gargles gargles, coffee and joshanda intake, T. Panadol 2-2-2 for fever. T. Loratidine 10mg 1-0-0. Increase oral hydration

Dr. Saad Ullah Saleem · Answer

only tab panadol tablet 2 tablets three times daily.
and saline nasal drops

Dr. Muhammad Saad · Answer

Tab panadol thrice a day
tab Fexet 60 mg once
Gargles with warm water
steam inhalation
Drink plenty of warm fluid

Dr. Mishal Farooq · Answer

Take Tab Panadol thrice a day, you have to take plenty of fluids, rinse your nose with luke warm salted water it's gonna help, take steam inhalation
Use Xynosine nasal spray, 2 drops in each nostril thrice thrice a day

Dr. Arslan Amin · Answer

Tab Panadol * 2 tablets* every 6 hours.   Use hot drinks and plenty of fluids. Gargles and Johar jushanda

Dr. Dania Nasir · Answer

Tab. Panadol thrice a day 2 tablets
Tab. Fexet 60mg 1 tablet at night
drink plenty of water keep yourself hydrated
steam thrice a day
gargles with luke warm water

Dr. Palwasha Sheikh · Answer

take panadol in pain
take montiget tab in evening for 7 days
steam inhalation
u can take augmntin nd caricef if u got fever bt take panadol montiget nd steam it l b enough

Dr. Irmash Rabael · Answer

tablet panadol 2 tds...use lukewarm water and plenty of fluids..gargles with some hot water..steam...

Dr. Sadaf Tariq · Answer

dear , don't worry....pregnancy is a Blessing of Allah ...so admire it happily ...In Sha Allah very soon u will have a good healthy baby in your hands ,who will call you MOM , got jannat in your feet ....
when ever you go to end of pregnancy, every mother got tired ...so don't worry, don't get panic...In Sha Allah , all your problems will resolve after delivery ...
for cold n flu , you can take antibiotics, at this time they are safer for baby too ...
take...
tablets Augmantin 625 mg
1 + 0 + 1 ......5 days
tablets panadol
1+ 1+1 ......3/ 5 days (depends upon your subsiding of comments)

Dr. Ridda Farhat Jillani · Answer

ya Shaafi...
cap cefspan 400mg once daily for 5 days
tab panadol 2+2+2 for 4-5 days
tab piriton 4mg once at night for 3 days
norsaline drops 2 drops in nose
In Shaa Allah you will get better

Dr. Momal Fatima · Answer

tab Panadol three times a day for pain
tab softin at bed time 1 tab
syp hydrillin three times a day ( it will make you drowsy so don't worry)
keep taking your supplements
stay hydrated
lukewarm water gargles and steam inhalation.
it's better to stay hydrated eat healthy and relax. in shaa Allah you'll be fine soon no need to worry. keep a check of your baby movements.

Dr. Ali Abid · Answer

Tab Rex 10 at night
Paracetamol 3 times a day
Steam inhalation

Dr. Fareeha Gul · Answer

Take steam with Vaporush or menthol crystals, tab panadol twice daily for 2 days and drink more & more water. You can also have soup/jushanda as per your choice. don't worry it'll go soon. this is a viral infection and antibiotics have no role in it so no need of taking extra Meds

Dr. Bilal Ahmad · Answer

abcd

Dr. Nida Aiman · Answer

hey you may want to take tablet softin to calm down runny nose and blockage. you may pair it up with panadol for headache and take regular vicks steam. have good hydration and for throat do warm saline water gargles. hope this helps.

Dr. Sanober · Answer

Aoa ,dear
start ginger in honey
tab:softin 1hs
syp :coferb
tab:panadol 2+2+2
Nd take one time joshanda in day time ..

Dr. Nayyar Abbas Baloch · Answer

Hi there!
u can start taking jardin-D once a day for ur runny nose and panadol for ur headache
avoid any other painkillers except panadol

Dr muhammad salman · Answer

As you are 38 week pregnant so you can use antiallergic or antibiotic which is avoided in first 3 mnths !

Dr. Sulman Khursheed · Answer

well dear there is no need to take any medicine for flu as its self limiting disease and viral infection specially keeping in mind you are pregnant so in this case medicines are avoided until and unless some complication happened that needs to be treated Accordingly Take soft diet plent of fresh juices and Rehydrate yourself with complete bed rest

Dr. Haseeb Ahsin · Answer

Kindly visit your obstetrician for consult, as prescription cannot be given on the forum.

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