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Suggest Treatment For Sore Throat During 23 Weeks Of Pregnancy

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Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2015
Question: I am currently 23 weeks pregnant and am suffering from a severe sore throat. Are there any remedies or safe medications that can ease the symptoms? Any help is appreciated!
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Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (22 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
can use paracetamol

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

There are safe medications that you can use.

Sore throat can be related to viral or bacterial infection but it is most commonly viral cough and cold.

Paracetamol (tylenol) , as a pain killer , is safe in pregnancy so you can use this to help ease the pain.
NSAIDS, the other types of pain killers CANNOT be used (eg advil, aleve)

In addition to the paracetamol, chloroseptic spray or gargle can also be used or if not available, you can gargle warm salt water.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Suggest Treatment For Sore Throat During 23 Weeks Of Pregnancy

Brief Answer: can use paracetamol Detailed Answer: HI, thanks for using healthcare magic There are safe medications that you can use. Sore throat can be related to viral or bacterial infection but it is most commonly viral cough and cold. Paracetamol (tylenol) , as a pain killer , is safe in pregnancy so you can use this to help ease the pain. NSAIDS, the other types of pain killers CANNOT be used (eg advil, aleve) In addition to the paracetamol, chloroseptic spray or gargle can also be used or if not available, you can gargle warm salt water. I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions