Re: Need opinions
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:34:50 -0500 (CDT)
A humidifier is fine also acetominophen 500 mgr 4 times a day but be
aware that a strong cold in preg. last longer, up to 10 days.
At Thu, 24 Oct 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Yesterday, I called my OBGYN office to ask about what kind of medication
>or anything I could do to make me feel better from a terrible cold I
>have. I am 8 weeks pregnant and it is a very strong cold, the chest is
>very congested but the caugh is still dry, and I have been caughing so
>much that it hurts. Well, the nurse told me that I have to call my
>primary care physician because what I have is not "pregnancy related". I
>could not believe what I was hearing. Of course I wouldn't call an
>OBGYN if I wasn't pregnant for a cold, as well as I wouldn't call a
>Cardiologist for a diarrea... It is pregnancy related because if I
>wasn't pregnant of course I would know what to take for a cold, but
>being pregnantI do not know and still don't know what to take to feel
>better and to prevent a lung infection that could really be very bad for
>my pregnancy. I called my PCP, and she sugested the use of a
>humidifier, which I have been using since yestarday. I don't feel any
>better, I could not sleep last night, I do not have any appetite, and I
>don't know what to do. Nobody seems to be helpful, and I am hoping I
>can find some help here in this forum. I posted a question here
>yesterday, and I appreciate Dr. Mcintosh response, but what he sugested
>(to talk with my OBGYN) did not work. Thank you for any opinion!
--
Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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