What should I do if rhinitis becomes severe during pregnancy?

Every pregnant woman is very careful during pregnancy, but some people have sensitive constitutions. If the temperature difference is too large, it is easy to cause rhinitis, and it will become more and more serious especially when sleeping at night. Many pregnant women experience nasal congestion or nosebleeds during pregnancy, especially in the last three months of pregnancy. What should you do if rhinitis during pregnancy is severe?

Causes of rhinitis in pregnant women

If you don't have any other symptoms besides nasal congestion, it may just be due to your pregnancy and you may have pregnancy rhinitis. However, if the nasal congestion is accompanied by sneezing, coughing, sore throat, mild general discomfort, swollen tonsils, and fever, you may have a cold or other infection.

Also, if along with your stuffy nose you also have sneezing, itchy eyes, nose, throat, or ears, you may have allergies. Pregnancy can worsen your allergies or make you sensitive to irritants that you never reacted to before. Of course, the cause of a stuffy nose during pregnancy isn’t always clear, and it’s possible there’s more than one reason for a stuffy nose during pregnancy. For example, you may have pregnancy rhinitis but also have allergy symptoms.

What to do if rhinitis is severe during pregnancy

If the symptoms of nasal congestion are severe, you should not rub it hard, because the nasal blood vessels become congested and thickened, and they can easily be irritated and ruptured and bleed. Once bleeding occurs, you can stop the bleeding quickly by pinching the nose wing with your hands. If it is difficult to stop, you can stuff a small ball of clean cotton ball into the nostril, press tightly for 5 to 10 minutes and cover the nose bridge. If the bleeding is heavy or recurs frequently, you should go to the hospital for examination in time, and pay attention to check whether there are other diseases such as pregnancy-induced hypertension and gestational hemangioma.

At this time, you can apply a hot towel to your nose or use hot steam to fumigate your nose, which can relieve the symptoms. Remember not to use nasal drops without permission, especially for pregnant mothers suffering from gestational hypertension, because the medicine will increase blood pressure and increase the impact on the fetus; do not use hormones, antihistamines and other anti-allergic drugs at will, so as not to harm the fetus after taking them. If the condition requires non-medication, it must be used under the guidance and advice of a doctor.