Fever is one of the dreaded conditions during pregnancy, especially since, high uncontrolled fever can lead to early pregnancy wastage, miscarriage, and birth defects in the baby including neural defects, delayed brain development, and also associated with future learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. However, fever can be a bit difficult to avoid completely during the entire 9months, since, it is not a disease in itself but rather a symptom of several other underlying disorders including infections, stress, stomach ailments, allergies, metabolic disorders, etc. Hence, it is essential to control fever at its early stages. Though, antipyretics (fever reducing medications) and antibiotics are not entirely safe during pregnancy. Fortunately, there are time tested, pregnancy safe natural remedies that help in dealing with the condition. Let us find few of the biggies in this section…

Curing Fever Naturally

1. Vitamin C:

Vitamin C has been termed as the universal helper and is indeed the most reliable remedy for treating fever. Vitamin C plays vital role in enhancing the immune system by increasing the number of white blood cells. It also increases tolerance to fight against viral infections; it triggers the activity of antibody in fever and it enhances the overall health of women during pregnancy. It is best to take foods rich in vitamin C content like citrus fruits, lemon, Indian gooseberry and green veggies.

2. Honey:

Honey has been documented as the sweetest cure to treat fever during pregnancy. It has natural antibiotics factor bestowed in it that relieves you from headaches, cough, flu and other causes of fever. It also is known to assist in function of vitamin C, thereby doubling the effect of vitamin C. Honey can be had in many ways. You can either consume it with lemon and ginger in liquid form or take it with pepper. In any way it is known to benefit pregnant women.

3. Other Natural Cures:

Few other natural cures in brief are here:

• Mint and ginger decoction helps in relieving from pain and swelling during fever.
• Mixing pepper and turmeric in hot milk and drinking it before bedtime helps in getting rid of fever.
• Consuming grounded cumin seeds as the first thing in morning is another good home remedy for warding off fever.
• A combination of black pepper, jiggery and lemon juice is also good way to keep fever at bay.

We hope that above mentioned natural remedies for fever will prove quite effective for you during pregnancy.

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