MORNING SICKNESS - if you have bad morning sickness you might be suffering from HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM

 

   

HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM

   

This is a uncommon condition, hyper emesis gravid arum is the exaggerated form of morning sickness is diagnosed by excessive vomiting, which only happens to 1 in 200 pregnant women. Research has been done on this and they say that the sensitivity of the vomiting centre in our brains which seems to vary from person to person is one of the factors as to why we get it. The other is that we have a psychological fear of either been sick or getting really sick with morning sickness.
  

Some of the reason as to why we might get this condition;

• younger mums under 20,
• it is more common in first time mums,
• mums that are carrying multiple fetuses,
• mums that suffered with it in their past pregnancies,
• mums that are obese,

   

Some of the reasons that have to do with our lifestyles;

• excessive intake of saturated fat, 
• endocrine imbalances,
• vitamin B deficiency, 
• H. pylori infection 
   

    

Signs and Symptoms to HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM
  
   

For all of us our symptoms of morning sickness are different, some of us might not even get any morning sick and some of might end up suffering from hyper emesis gravid rum.
  
  

Some of the signs and symptoms are;
  

• dehydration from the loss of fluids through vomiting,
• blood in the vomit from vomiting so much,
• infrequent urination and urine that is dark yellow,
• weight loss that is greater than 5% of your original body weight,
    

   

If you experience severe abdominal pain along with morning sickness with or without other symptoms could be a sign of either a gallbladder or pancreatic problem and should be treated promptly by your doctor.

Frequent vomiting can lead to malnutrition, dehydration, and possibly harm to the health of you and your baby, if you feel that you are experiencing any of these please talk to your doctor about it.
  
  

Ways you might be treated for HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM
  
  

The way that you might be treated will be different for everyone as it depends on the servearty of your condition.
 

Treatments your doctor might suggest;
  

• changing your dietary intake,
• acupressure bands,
• acupuncture,
• meditation,
• antacids,
• antivomiting medication ( always check with your doctor before you take any ant vomiting medication as some may be harmful to you and your baby),
   

   

If after trying these and your vomiting hasn’t stopped and you are losing weight your doctor may then put you into hospital, where they will be able to use medication that you can only have in hospital and to try and prevent any more weight lose, and to get the vomiting under control.
  

Treatments your doctor will do if you are hospitalised;
  

• intravenous feeding,
• ant emetic and an electrolyte solution,
   

   

Your doctor will try these between 24 -48 hours once your fluid and electrolyte are back to normal levels, your doctor will start you on a clear fluid diet for a few days, once you are able to tolerate this your doctor will start you on six small meals a day to see how your body will tolerate this and to make sure you keep down all food.
  

Some tips and suggestions that might help also;
  

• eating small amounts of food every few hours,
• keeping up your fluids by drinking lots in between meals,
• warm tea (check with your doctor to see as to which kinds of tea you can and can‘t have),
• ginger,
   

   

Things to avoid;
 

• alcohol and tobacco,
• caffeine,
• carbonated drinks,
• high fat foods,
   

    

If all of this doesn’t help then your doctor will run some test to rule out any other causes,
  

some of the things that he/she might be looking for are;
 

• gastritis,
• intestinal blockage,
• gallstones,
• ulcer,
   

   

Rarely nausea and vomiting will begin in the third trimester and are accompanied by upper abdominal pain, but if by chance you do start to feel that you are experiencing these symptoms please talk to your doctor about looking into a metabolic disorder, as this may be a sign preeclampsia or acute liver disease.