If a pregnant woman is infected with the common coronavirus, she should pay more attention to rest when her condition is not serious, or she can take medicine under the guidance of a doctor. If you are infected with novel coronavirus, you need to be hospitalized in isolation in time. The treatment methods include mild treatment, severe treatment and critical treatment.
Coronavirus is a common virus type. For example, the novel coronavirus, which has been raging recently, is a typical one. Pregnant women are a special group, and their body’s resistance and immunity are relatively weak, so they are easy to be infected by coronavirus, which is a infectious diseases. What about pregnant women infected with coronavirus?
1、 What if a pregnant woman is infected with the common coronavirus
- Pay more attention to rest
If a pregnant woman is infected with the common coronavirus, but her condition is not serious, she can pay more attention to rest, and strengthen nutrition in her diet to effectively strengthen her body’s resistance, which is very helpful to the improvement of her condition.
- Medication treatment under the guidance of doctors
Because pregnant women are pregnant with babies, they cannot use drugs casually after they are infected with the common coronavirus, otherwise it may affect the development of the fetus. In this case, it is best to get medical examination in time and select appropriate drugs for treatment under the guidance of doctors.
2、 What if a pregnant woman is infected with novel coronavirus
Due to the strong infectivity of novel coronavirus, the development of pregnant women’s condition is usually relatively rapid after they are infected. Therefore, it is necessary to isolate and treat them in time. It is necessary to have the infection department, obstetrics department, ICU and other relevant departments jointly manage them to ensure the safety of mother and child as much as possible.
- Treatment of mild disease
If the condition of novel coronavirus infection is mild, antiviral drugs such as FDA pregnancy safety class C can be used for treatment, while antibiotics are selected from FDA pregnancy safety class B drugs.
- Severe treatment
If it is a serious pregnant woman, if the gestational week is less than 28 weeks, the treatment is still based on the treatment of the infection department. After active treatment, the condition is controlled and the pregnancy can continue. But if the condition develops rapidly, the pregnancy needs to be terminated.
- Treatment of critical illness
Some pregnant women will have respiratory failure, septic shock or other organ failure after they are infected with novel coronavirus, which indicates that their condition is critical and they must be admitted to the intensive care unit for treatment immediately. If conditions permit, they need to be transferred to a designated medical institution for diagnosis and treatment in time.
