Beware of 2nd Trimester Nausea Vomiting in Pregnancy

Kompas.com - Nausea or vomiting in early pregnancy symptom morning is reasonable ickness experienced by most pregnant women. But to watch if severe nausea and vomiting continued until the second trimester of pregnancy.


Or severe nausea and vomiting called hyperemesis gravidarum in two trimester of pregnancy may increase the risk of preeclampsia or gestational toxicity up to 1.4 times. Conditions that can make babies born with low weight.

Women who suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum usually have to get treatment at the hospital. Compared with women who did not suffer from severe nausea and vomiting, they are at risk threefold impaired placental form the placenta separates from the uterine wall.

Indeed, not many women who suffer from severe nausea and vomiting to require hospitalization. In a study conducted by a team from Sweden to a million women, only 1.1 percent were treated for the condition.

Hyperemesis gravidarum international media attention after Kate Middleton, the duchess of Cambridge, was treated in hospital for 4 days because of the condition. He is also rumored to undergo hypnotherapy to alleviate the symptoms of nausea vomiting.

Severe nausea and vomiting can lead to malnutrition and dehydration in pregnant women. Even can also cause premature birth.

According to Marie Bolin, researchers from Sweden, hyperemsis gravidarum in the second trimester of pregnancy should receive serious attention from a doctor.

Normally, morning sickness will disappear in 10-16 weeks of pregnancy. Severe nausea and vomiting usually occurs because of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is produced in the placenta and early pregnancy.

Ditrimester high hCG levels may indicate the existence of both an abnormal formation of the placenta.

Sources: http://health.kompas.com/read/2013/01/31/11045110/