{"id":1061,"date":"2019-03-24T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T11:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2019-03-24T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T11:41:19","slug":"pregnancy-can-cause-runny-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=1061","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy Can Cause Runny Nose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Unlike a runny nose flower's droplets of nectar is considered beautiful!\" class=\"wp-image-1069\" width=\"586\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-630x630.jpg 630w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_5533-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> When  you are pregnant every part of your body is dramatically effected by  the physical changes that accommodate the developing baby. The uterus  grows from 70 grams to 1000 grams, most women gain&nbsp; at least a couple of  stone, and your skin starts taking on pigments that may fade but never  leave! We notice a&nbsp;our tastes changing, and our smell changing, and  generally we ignore what seems minor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But  what may seem minor, but often isn&#8217;t in pregnancy, is the runny nose  and altered  hearing women report. There are specifically sinus changes in the ear, nose and throat primarily due to changes in the circulatory  system, such as the 50% extra fluid in our circulation women produce by late second trimester. Just that extra fluid can produce more complaints of runny noses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have some  increased susceptibility to viral  infections, which can cause upper respiratory symptoms from actual colds and flu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Some of the runny nose comes from pressure changes from the bulk pressure of the growing uterus on the circulation. Oddly this too can oddly lead to increased runny nose! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can  range from the very minor changes such as an occasional sneeze or drips, or  become ringing in the ears or tinnitus,  facial palsies due to swelling around the nerves, and even (relatively rare) cases of  partial or full deafness. Since it is the pregnancy that  caused it, it should be self limiting to pregnancy as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Causes aren&#8217;t just from increased circulation and pressure,  as the  levels of estrogen and progesterone rise without enough corresponding change in cortisol levels or immune enhancement there may also be heightened  sensitivity to allergens may influence the engorgement of the nasal mucosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In addition to runny noses fragile nasal passage linings can in turn cause epistaxis (bloody nose) and rhinitis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most treatment  regimens of these complaints do not differ from the treatment of these conditions in the non-pregnant state other than being aware of the effects of any selected medication on the fetus, as most advice relies on case reports or  reports of case series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> What did you notice during your pregnancy? Were there any  treatments that helped you especially? Are you planning another pregnancy? Let us discuss the plans before you conceive.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are pregnant every part of your body is dramatically effected by the physical changes that accommodate the developing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-gyno-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1070,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}