What should a nursing mother avoid eating when her baby has a fever?
Dec 26, 2024
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhou Xiaofeng
Introduction
In general, fever refers to an elevated body temperature. When an infant has a fever, the mother's breast milk should avoid foods such as chili peppers, fried chicken, seafood, ice cream, and lamb or beef. Additionally, certain medications should also be avoided, including dexamethasone tablets, ibuprofen tablets, ribavirin granules, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim tablets, and chloramphenicol capsules. In daily life, to help prevent symptoms such as infant fever, it is important to keep the baby warm and avoid exposure to cold temperatures that may lead to colds.
Generally speaking, fever refers to elevated body temperature. When an infant has a fever, mothers should avoid foods such as chili peppers, fried chicken, seafood, ice cream, and beef or mutton. They should also avoid medications such as dexamethasone tablets, ibuprofen tablets, ribavirin granules, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim tablets, and chloramphenicol capsules. The specific reasons are as follows:
I. Food
1. Chili Peppers
Chili peppers are spicy and irritating, which may worsen the infant's fever and be detrimental to recovery.
2. Fried Chicken
Fried chicken is high in calories and greasy. After being ingested by the infant through breast milk, it may cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, resulting in poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, and thus worsening the disease condition.
3. Seafood
Some infants may be allergic to seafood such as shrimp and crab. After ingestion through breast milk, allergic reactions such as worsening rashes may occur.
4. Ice Cream
Excessively cold foods may cause gastrointestinal symptoms in infants, such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, further affecting the illness.
5. Beef and Lamb
These high-protein foods may cause indigestion in infants with fever, increasing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.
II. Medications
1. Dexamethasone Tablets
Dexamethasone tablets are a type of hormone medication that may easily inhibit the baby's growth and lead to precocious puberty.
2. Ibuprofen Tablets
As an antipyretic analgesic, ibuprofen tablets may affect the baby's gastrointestinal tract, liver and kidney function, and coagulation function.
3. Ribavirin Granules
Antiviral drugs such as ribavirin granules may lead to birth defects or cancer risk in babies, and may also cause bone marrow suppression.
4. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim Tablets
Sulfonamide drugs such as sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim tablets may cause kernicterus in babies, leading to hemolytic anemia.
5. Chloramphenicol Capsules
Chloramphenicol capsules may easily cause poisoning in babies, suppress bone marrow function, lead to leukopenia, and even cause fatal gray baby syndrome.
In daily life, to prevent symptoms such as infant fever, it is important to keep the baby warm and avoid catching a chill. At the same time, maintain good indoor air circulation to reduce bacterial growth.
