Pregnant women must be careful when using
antibiotics.
When the body is infected with bacteria, relying
on antibiotics is necessary. Though, pregnant women must be careful when using
antibiotics. These following antibiotics are very harmful to pregnant women.
Pregnant
women must be careful when using antibiotics.
Aminoglycoside causes permanent deafness
Aminoglycoside is frequently used in ENT
infection, abdominal infection, brain membrane infection… We may face this antibiotic
with names such as gentamicin, amikacin, neomycin, streptomycin, tobramycin… Especially
for pulmonary disease, it is often used in case of pneumonia. It is also used
to make eye-droppers: tobra, tobrex…
For women who are pregnant or due to be
pregnant, this antibiotic is unusable because it can cause kidney insufficiency
or poison the baby’s internal ears (which may lead permanent deafness). Thus, pregnant
women are not allowed to use this medicine to prevent baby from further
disabilities.
Tetracycline destroys enamel
Tetracycline is a digestive antibiotic. It
is often used to cure cholera, dysentery, E.coli infection. Other digestive
infections are also sensitive to this antibiotic.
This antibiotic is also popular in pharmacies
and low-level medical center due to its low price. However, it’s noted that for
pregnant women, it can destroy baby’s enamel. It was seen that 7-month-and-later
pregnant women, who used tetracycline, had their baby’s enamel decayed. This is
caused by that tetracycline combined with calcium to form an unshakable
compound.
Consequently, pregnant women mustn’t use tetracycline.
If necessary, safer antibiotic, such as cephalosporin, is recommended.
Pregnant
women should stay away from some antibiotics that may affect the baby.
Quinolone spoils cartilage
This antibiotic is as commonsense as ciprofloxacin,
pefloxacin. They have advantages over urinary system and hold back the
development of bacteria plus enhance immune system to kill bacteria. Though, these
antibiotics are inclined to create baby’s disorder in both bones and joints.
Either pregnant or lactating women using quinolone can make the baby absorb
this antibiotic passively.
The concentration of antibiotic increases, preventing
baby’s bones and joints from growing and this even breaks heel’s tendon, which
means that the baby won’t be able to walk and the feet will be always folded inward.
Even when an under-10-year-old child absorbs this antibiotic, the result will
be the same because damage of bones and joints is unchangeable.
If expecting mothers have their urinary
system infected, they are advised to use safer antibiotics including beta
lactam, spiramycin, metronidazole…
Ketoconazole causes defects
Ketoconazole is a common anti-fungus
antibiotic. It has strong effects on ringworm, dermatophyte… It is also
effective when used to cure scurf.
People often use pills when dermatohyte
gets severe. In most cases, the medicine is used in ointment from. It was
report that the antibiotic could poison fetus and cause syndactyl for children.
Thus, it is essential to stay away from this
type of antibiotic. If getting dermatophyte pregnant women should use safer
medicine, such as ASA, BSI, which is less serious. Clotrimazol can be used,
instead, but in small area and months that are in the middle and last of
pregnant period.
Biseptol results in heavily mental deficiency
Biseptol is a common and important antibiotic.
It works effectively with digestive infection and those who have heavy diarrhea.
Biseptol comes in tablets used in case of food poisoning, high diarrhea, E.coli
infection…
However, we have to eliminate this
antibiotic from the list of medicines for expecting mothers. This antibiotic is
against folic acid to disorder bacteria’s metabolism and kill them. Unfortunately,
it also resists folic acid of the mother needing a lot of blood for the child. Thus,
this antibiotic will cause heavy anemia, which leads to the baby’s
malnutrition.
