You have a runny nose. It seems to be a trifle, but what an unpleasant trifle. And if you are a pregnant woman, then it is also not harmless. If the expectant mother is hard to breathe, then her unborn child does not have enough oxygen, and this can adversely affect his development and health. During pregnancy, many women suffer from nasal congestion. And she accompanies some of them from the very beginning of pregnancy to its final end. And the thing is that the pregnant woman significantly increases the production of female hormone - progesterone. It contributes to the relaxation of blood vessels, they become longer, and there is a feeling of nasal congestion.
The drug "Snoop" during pregnancy
Pharmacology, both domestic and foreign, will provide you with a huge selection of drugs designed to treat nasal congestion. They buried their nose and immediately felt great relief. But the trouble is that all these are vasoconstrictive drugs, the body gets used to them pretty quickly, after which it ceases to respond to them. And if drops from a runny nose during pregnancy are used quite often, as a result of their vasoconstrictor action, the circulatory system of the developing fetus is disturbed, which is far from safe for the unborn child. Therefore, in all instructions for these drugs, it is noted that they should not be used during pregnancy. But you also need to live and breathe both for the expectant mother and her unborn baby. Mom does not sleep at night, suffers, and the baby has oxygen starvation. Therefore, doctors sometimes prescribe the medicine "Snoop" during pregnancy, if the pregnancy of the future mother allows it. Its use is short-term and intermittent. And no circumstances should force you to self-medicate. Improper treatment can cost both the child and the mother herself, and can even provoke a miscarriage. Taking the drug "Snoop" during pregnancy, as prescribed by a doctor, you can not increase the duration of treatment and the single dose of the medicine taken.
Prescribing medication
Snoop is a vasoconstrictor drug that is available in the form of drops or aerosols. "Snoop" -spray is prescribed for acute and allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, eustachitis, otitis media. By narrowing the blood vessels of the nasal mucosa, the drug improves the patency of the nasal passages and facilitates breathing through the nose for several hours. It can be used no more than two weeks in a row.
Side effects
Spray Snoop can cause irritation and swelling of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx, sneezing, burning sensation or dryness in the nose, visual disturbances, palpitations, tachycardia, arrhythmias, high blood pressure, headache, vomiting, depression, sleep disturbance, etc. Patients with diseases of the cardiovascular system, diabetics and hypertension, it is undesirable to use it. You can not use the drug for glaucoma, atherosclerosis and hypersensitivity to the components of the drug. An expired drug is very dangerous. After uncorking the bottle, Snoop can be used for no more than three months. The shelf life of the drug is not more than four years. From all that has been said, it is clear that this is a rather dangerous preparation for human health, and it is even more risky to use Snoop during pregnancy. But if there is no other way, and a stuffy nose simply does not allow the pregnant woman to breathe or live, then of the two evils you will always have to choose the lesser. But do not do it yourself. Entrust this important matter to a specialist.