Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Flashcards
1
Q
How do we treat nausea and vomiting in pregnancy? 5
A
- Avoid triggers: smells and foods
- Try eating plain crackers or biscuits in the morning
- Try eating cold meals if its nausea
- Drink little and often
- Ginger
2
Q
Constipation? 3
A
- Fybogel (Bulk forming laxative)
- Duphalac or Laxido (Osmotic laxative)
3
Q
Leg Cramp lifestyle advice 3
A
- Foot exercises
- Rub muscles
- Pull toes toward ankle
4
Q
Heartburn treatment? 3
A
- Lifestyle advice
- Setlers antacids
- Gaviscon
5
Q
How to treat Coughs and Colds?
A
-paracetamol
6
Q
Threadworms?
A
-lifestyle advice
7
Q
2 Breast-feeding advice concerning medicines….
A
- Consider expressing milk if meds to be taken short term
- Pump and dump
8
Q
5 referral criteria nausea and vomit
A
- Blood in vomit
- Severe unstoppable vomiting
- cant keep fluids or food down in 24 hour period
- dark urination/no urine
- abdominal pain/fever
9
Q
Heartburn referral criteria 3
A
- symptoms unresponsive to treatment
- peptic ulcer/ibs
- unable to eat
10
Q
2 conditions we would refer in pregnancy
A
- vaginal thrush
- UTI
