Is It Possible That Some Flu Symptoms Are Very Similar To Symptoms Of Pregnancy?

In a way.

When a woman becomes pregnant the placenta must suppress the woman's own immune system to tolerate the pregnancy, and the presence of foreign biological material (the placenta and fetus) in her own body.

As a result, pregnant women are very vulnerable to catching every bug going. That includes cold and flu viruses.

So yes, it is quite common for women to develop bad colds with flu-like symtoms during pregnancy. You could even consider a bad cold to be yet another symptom of pregnancy.

However, the chief symptom thing distinguishing flu from a cold is usually a fever. No pregnant woman should consider a fever to be symptom of pregnancy; it's a sign of a severe illness and should be closely monitored by health professionals, as fever in the mother can be lethal to the embryo/fetus. Flu jabs are commonly offered to pregnant women in some countries (e.g., the USA), precisely to prevent such vulnerable women from catching flu.

Add Comment

Report