Most sore throats pass without the need for GP intervention. Your local community pharmacist can help with simple, effective remedies. Antibiotics are not usually prescribed for a sore throat, unless it is particularly severe or you are considered at risk of a more serious infection. Consult your GP you have a persistent high temperature above 38C A recent UK study looked at people who book a GP appointment for a sore throat probably those with worse symptoms. Make an appointment to see your GP if you have a persistent high temperature above 38C This information can also be viewed as a PDF by clicking here The information provided is taken from various reference sources.
Treating a sore throat Sore throats are common and are best treated with simple remedies. Treatments which are compatible with breastfeeding Over-the-counter painkillers, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen taken regularly to relieve the temperature and general aches Anything which keeps your throat moist has a demulcent effect — sucking pastilles or lozenge, sipping honey and lemon, sucking raisins or other similar natural remedies or teas will help symptoms Anaesthetic throat sweets e.
If you take lozenges or purchase a sore throat gargle, make sure you read the ingredients on the back or side label. You should avoid medications containing povidone-iodine. This ingredient increases iodine levels in breast milk. Higher levels raise the risk of transient hypothyroidism in breast-fed babies. You should also avoid cold medications with high alcohol content.
These include some nighttime relief medications that cause drowsiness. For example, can you feed your baby before a dose, and then avoid breast-feeding for one or two hours immediately after each dose? You can eat chicken soup to reduce congestion and mucus buildup.
The warmth from the soup can ease a sore, scratchy throat. This can be hard, and understandably, you might not be able to stop completely. But you should slow down and limit your level of activity. Rest can strengthen your immune system and help you recover faster. Taking herbs and supplements such as vitamin C, echinacea, and zinc may shorten the duration of your cold, though the evidence for this is inconclusive at best. Speak with your doctor before treating a cold with alternative remedies.
Most colds are mild and last between three and seven days. Sometimes, the common cold mimics other conditions or develops into a secondary infection. Talk to your doctor to help decide whether you should continue to breastfeed and how to do it safely. Your breast milk is the best nutrition for your baby and can protect against many illnesses. While you are sick, you or someone else can give your baby expressed breast milk.
If you choose to breastfeed or give expressed milk in a bottle, to help prevent spreading the virus to your baby:. Try to limit close face-to-face contact with your baby, and cough or sneeze into a tissue and then throw it away. Most medications are safe to take while breastfeeding, and for those that are not recommended there is almost always an alternative medication that is safe.
If mom has food poisoning, breastfeeding should continue. As long as the symptoms are confined to the gastrointestinal tract vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps , breastfeeding should continue without interruption as there is no risk to the baby.
This is the case with most occurences of food poisoning. Ruth Lawrence:. Even in this event, continued breastfeeding while the mother receives appropriate antibiotic therapy that is compatible with breastfeeding is the safest course for the infant. If the infecting organism is especially virulent or contagious e. Prophylactic or empiric therapy for the infant, against the same organism, may be indicated.
Given the Benefits of Breastfeeding, what Contraindications Exist? Pediatric Clinics of North America February ;48 1 : When you have a contagious illness such as a cold, flu, or other mild virus, your baby was exposed to the illness before you even knew you were sick.
If baby starts getting sick and not wanting to nurse, then see Baby refuses to nurse when sick. Sometimes medications can cause your milk supply to diminish, as well. Pediatric Clinics of North America February ; 48 1 :
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