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Can Pregnant Women Take Claritin Allergy Medicine?
Many women are asking can pregnant women take Claritin
allergy medicine?' The short answer is 'no'. Everything
and pregnant women ingests will pass through the
placenta and into the baby's body. Please read that
sentence again. Anything you put in your mouth is
like putting it in the growing baby's mouth. Any
women carrying a baby needs to think very carefully
about what she eats or takes for medications.
Ask a doctor can pregnant women take Claritin allergy
medicine and he say yes. Please remember that the
doctor will base that answer on existing research
that he or she is aware of. There may be research
proving the harm Claritin can do to the baby, but
the doctor is not aware of it. Or even worse, perhaps
Claritin does indeed harm a baby in the womb; however
scientific research has not yet found the research
to support the claim.
Also, be aware if a doctor says that pregnant women
can take claritin allergy medicine because a study
showed that it did no harm. That study maybe only
looked at Claritin's effect on X,Y and Z. We still
don't know if it harms P, D and Q. So, the simple
answer to can pregnant women take Claritin allergy
medicine is a resounding 'no'.
What does a pregnant woman do for her allergies?
What should be done if pregnant women can not take
Claritin allergy medicine? What many doctors do not
know is that there are very effective natural remedies
for treating allergies. Furthermore, these remedies
can actually be healthy for the fetus as well.
First of all, allergies can be caused and/or aggravated
by a poor diet heavy in processed un-natural foods
high in sugar. Remember also that sugar in all its
forms can aggravated allergies. For example, drinking
a glass of orange juice, what we normally think of
as being healthy, is actually bad for allergies because
the sugar content is too high.
Stay Away From Sugar
This has nothing to do with being on a diet or losing
weight. The long and short of it is sugar in all
its forms weakens the immune system. If you are prone
to allergies, you are not giving your immune system
a chance to attack your allergies and eliminate them.
Furthermore, allergy bacteria feed off of sugar.
So if you have allergies and drink Pepsi everyday
or eat Ding Dongs, then you are strengthen the severity
of your allergies, while at the same time weakening
your immune system's ability to defeat it. It's a
lose-lose battle for you and your baby, and more
so if you end up taking medication.
In addition to staying away from sugar, eat has
many fresh foods as possible. Processed foods contain
chemicals which are bad for you and your baby.
Maintain A Healthy Digestive System
Finally, every pregnant mother should be talking
probiotics 3 times a day. Probiotics are the opposite
of antibiotics and they flood your digestive system
with the health bacteria that your body needs to
be healthy. Furthermore, over 90% of your immune
system is in the digestive tract. Taking probitocs
everyday will help your body fight off all kinds
of unhealthy cold, flu and disease causing bacteria
and viruses.
You needn't concern yourself with the question 'can
pregnant women take Claritin allergy medicine?' Your
allergies will disappear or diminish greatly if you
follow the advice above.
Maintain A Healthy Digestive System
Finally, every pregnant mother should be talking
probiotics 3 times a day. Probiotics are the opposite
of antibiotics and they flood your digestive system
with the health bacteria that your body needs to
be healthy. Furthermore, over 90% of your immune
system is in the digestive tract. Taking probitocs
everyday will help your body fight off all kinds
of unhealthy cold, flu and disease causing bacteria
and viruses.
You needn't concern yourself with the question 'can
pregnant women take claritin allergy medicine?' Your
allergies will disappear or diminish greatly if you
follow the advice above.
