In the first months of pregnancy a woman may have some common symptoms of her new situation. Delayed menstruation, excessive sleep, increased hunger, feeling sick and vomiting. It is the body warning that a new life is being generated in the woman's womb.
Nausea and vomiting usually occur from the sixth week of gestation and persist until the twentieth week. So far so good, as this is a recurring symptom of pregnancy. The problem is when these vomits are intense, prolonged and start to damage the woman's health. In this case it is possible that the pregnant woman is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum.
According to the psychologist, specialist in obstetric psychology, Elisangela Batista Secco, the excess nausea and vomiting It can compromise the health of both the pregnant woman and the baby. "By putting all the food she eats out, the woman gets nutritional deficiencies and dehydrated, which leads to weight loss, among other things," explains the expert. Another symptom and also consequence of hyperemesis gravidarum is that the pregnant woman can not even make use of medicines against nausea, since vomiting does not allow them to reach and remain in the stomach.
Hyperemesis is not a common alteration, but affects around 0.5% to 2% of women in the gestational period. Therefore, the expert warns that it is important to seek medical advice if the pregnant woman perceives intensity of vomiting and changes in her weight.
Failure to treat the disease can also lead to complications for the child's health. Babies can be born prematurely and malnourished.
The causes for the emergence of hyperemesis gravidarum can be both biological and psychic background. Biological factors are related to elevated chorionic gonadotropin hormone level, hyperthyroidism and liver dysfunction.
The psychological factors are related to the psychological distress that the period of pregnancy can cause. Could this have to do with stressful family or work experiences, previous miscarriages, fear of childbirth, psychosexual conflicts and situations of abandonment ?, explains the psychologist.
Hyperemesis gravidarum can make the experience of pregnancy somewhat traumatic for certain women, because often, because of excess nausea and vomiting, the pregnant woman's routine is changed and she has difficulty working and performing routine tasks from day to day. day.
O treatment for pregnancy hyperemesis It is often interdisciplinary in balancing medication use and psychotherapy. In more severe cases, pregnant women may be hospitalized to restore body hydration.
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