What should I do if I have a cold during pregnancy? If I don’t take medicine for a cold, will the fever persist and burn the baby in my belly? Will the medicine affect the fetus if I take it? Will coughing break the fetal membranes and cause premature delivery? A series of questions will continue to haunt the mother-to-be for a long time. When you go to the hospital, the obstetrician says that a cold and fever are under the control of the internal medicine department; and the internal medicine doctor says that you are pregnant and not under my control, so you should ask the obstetrician if you can take the medicine and what medicine to take. Alas, the cold is not a disease, but the mother-to-be has a cold and nobody cares about it. Prevention: The best strategy for a mother-to-be is to not catch a cold, wear appropriate clothing, try not to go to places with poor air circulation and high traffic flow, and stay away from people with colds. Treatment: There is no cure for a viral cold, all we can do is to control the symptoms of the cold. We should pay attention to drink more water, and we can take some Chinese medicines to clear the heat and detoxify the toxins, such as Banlangen Punch, cold and fever reducer punch, etc. Once again, these medicines can only help to relieve some of the symptoms and do not play a big role. This is often a symptom of a cold combined with a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract, which can be treated with antibiotics such as cephalosporins or azithromycin under the doctor’s examination and guidance. Cold and fever According to the available literature, it is generally believed that the incidence of birth defects, especially central nervous system abnormalities, heart malformations, cleft lip and palate, skeletal system abnormalities, etc., will be increased when the mother-to-be has a cold and fever with a body temperature exceeding 39°C during the teratogenic sensitive stage of embryonic development (5-12 weeks of menopause), and the literature also suggests that the incidence of autism in the child will be increased. Therefore, it is generally recommended that cooling treatment should be given when the mother-to-be’s body temperature approaches and reaches 39°C. There is literature confirming that short-term application of antipyretics will reduce this. Never let your body temperature persist above 39°C for fear that taking fever-reducing medication will affect the fetus. The benefits of taking fever-reducing medication far outweigh your fears about the disadvantages of taking the medication. Clinically used fever-reducing drugs including aspirin, paracetamol (or fever-reducing drugs containing paracetamol) can be used under the guidance of a doctor. In fact, for mothers-to-be suffering from colds, there is no need to worry too much, because among all birth defects, only less than 1% of fetal malformations are really related to chemicals, drugs, physical factors and fever.