Pregnancy folic acid supplement and matters needing attention
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Date：2017/3/15 9:15:15
Folic acid was started three months before pregnancy
In the first three months of pregnancy, the body's neural tube began to develop, nerve cells began to split, this time if folic acid deficiency, neural tube development will be incomplete, prone to deformity. If you add folic acid at this critical time, the risk of fetal neural tube can be reduced by 50% ~ 70%.
Therefore, women in preparation for the first three months of pregnancy will begin to fill folic acid; early pregnancy, and then take folic acid for a period of three months; to the late pregnancy, according to the circumstances, under the guidance of a doctor can take folic acid.
Take one tablet daily
Now there are two kinds of folic acid in the market, one is the form of 5 mg per tablet, and the other is a small dosage of each of the 0.4 mg. Pregnant women to take a small dosage form, take one tablet a day is enough. Excessive intake of folic acid not only can not play a role in the prevention of fetal malformations, but also may mask the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, interfere with the metabolism of zinc, zinc deficiency caused by pregnant women or nerve damage and other adverse consequences. If you take folic acid three months after pregnancy is not scheduled, folic acid should continue to continue until after the pregnancy of three months.
Folic acid and vitamin C supplement
Folic acid in the acid environment is easy to be destroyed, in alkaline and neutral environment is relatively stable, and vitamin C and vitamin B2, B6 in acidic environment is more stable. If folic acid supplementation at the same time taking vitamin C and vitamin B2, B6, due to the stability of the two environmental conflicts, the absorption rate will be affected. In view of this, the two best time to take more than half an hour intervals.
What are the side effects of folic acid
1, taking Folic Acid Tablets can mask the early manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency, resulting in damage to the nervous system;
2, the use of Folic Acid Tablets 350mg may affect the absorption of zinc, leading to zinc deficiency, fetal growth retardation, low birth weight infants increased;
3, taking Folic Acid Tablets can interfere with the role of anticonvulsant drugs, induced seizures;
4, a large number of patients taking folic acid, anorexia, nausea, abdominal distension and other gastrointestinal symptoms;
5, a large number of folic acid, yellow urine.