Antibiotics May Not Taken While Planning Pregnant

News Health Articles - Antibiotics May Not Taken While Planning Pregnant. indeed pregnant women should not be carelessly taking medication, because it can trigger defects in the baby. Carefully choose the medication needs to start planning to become pregnant, because sometimes a woman does not know exactly when she was pregnant.

A new women will realize too late that her menstrual least 2 weeks after conception. If at the time of conception has occurred, the drugs, especially certain antibiotics can cause fetal prospective experience of disability in the process of growth.



"When planning to become pregnant, get used to convey to the doctor if it is ready for pregnancy. Later the doctor who will prescribe appropriate antibiotics," said Dr Tonny Loho DMM, FIES (K), a clinical pathologist at the University of Indonesia in the seminar Current Treatment Case Infection in Pondok Indah Hospital, Wednesday (11/30/2011).

Antibiotics that are forbidden for pregnant women among other quinolones group, for example, which is quite famous is floroquinolon and ciprofloxacin. Class of antibiotics that are widely used for diarrhea, typhoid and lung infections can cause birth defects and impaired bone growth in children.

One of the most severe type of disability from the use of quinolones during pregnancy and breastfeeding is the epiphysis of bones or the spine does not close. While the children are still experiencing bone growth, growth will be inhibited so that the posture tends to be shorter than their peers.

Antibiotics may be given a new class of quinolones in children if the condition is an emergency and there is no option other drugs to save his life. In these circumstances, adverse effects on bone can be ruled out because life is more urgent to be saved.

In general, the use of antibiotics is not done haphazardly. Drugs to kill microorganisms should be taken regularly as directed until they run out, because if not it could trigger an immune or resistant germs.