How to treat sore throat in pregnancy

The sore throat in pregnancy can be treated with simple, home-made measures like gargling with warm water and salt, drinking juice or pomegranate tea or even eating more foods with vitamin C such as orange, mandarin and lemon, which help increase the body's defenses and hence the fight against inflammation or infection faster.

The use of anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medicines in pregnancy should only be done under the indication and prescription of the obstetrician because of the risk of causing malformations in the fetus or problems in its growth and development. Thus, even inflammatory sore throats that may be used in pregnancy, such as paracetamol, or antibiotics such as amoxicillin or cephalexin, for example, should only be used under medical advice.

What to do to treat sore throat naturally

The sore throat in pregnancy can be treated with home-made measures that help relieve pain and inflammation of the throat and which include:

1. Drink up to 3 cups of ginger tea with lemon per day: this tea has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties and increases the body's natural defenses. To make the tea, simply put 1 bark of 4 cm of 1 galego or normal lemon and 1 cm of ginger in 1 cup of boiling water, allow to mix and drink up to 3 cups of tea per day;
2. Take 2 tablespoons of honey with 10 drops of propolis extract per day: it helps to disinfect the throat and treat pain and inflammation, as well as strengthen the immune system;
3. Apply 3 to 4 times a day propolis spray with honey or spray of propolis, honey and pomegranate: these sprays act as a natural antibiotic and help relieve pain and inflammation of the throat;
4. Drink pomegranate juice with honey 2 times a day: pomegranate has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic action, helping to disinfect the throat and reduce inflammation and honey lubricates the throat, reducing pain. To make the juice, one should beat the blender 1 pomegranate and 1 glass of water, then add 1 teaspoon of honey, stirring well;
5. Drink up to 3 cups of pomegranate tea per day: this tea helps treat inflamed throat and eliminate microorganisms that may be causing inflammation. To make the tea, simply add 20 g of the bark or the flowers and pomegranate leaves in 1 cup of boiling water;
6. Eat more foods rich in vitamin C like strawberries, oranges or broccoli: they increase the body's defenses, helping to fight inflammation more quickly. See other foods rich in vitamin C.
7. Suck a square of chocolate and eat mint leaves, as indicated by nutritionist Tatiana Zanin in this video:

Usually, with these home measures the inflammation of the throat improves in about 3 days. However, if the symptoms persist, it is important to consult the obstetrician to see if there is pus in the throat to indicate the use of antibiotics, but even with the indication to use this type of medicine, the 6 natural forms that we indicate here are still recommended to complement the clinical treatment.