Pregnancy and excessive vomiting

Nausea and vomiting are mild to moderate common in early pregnancy in more than half of women. This problem is usually self-limiting, disappearing at 16 weeks of gestation. In a small percentage of patients, nausea and vomiting are more severe and prolonged. When the disturbance becomes severe enough to lead to dehydration is emitted diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum, and this occurs more frequently in women with molar pregnancy or multiple.

Neither nutritional counseling and oral hydration would be sufficient to severe nausea or vomiting uncontrollable, like the administration of vitamin B, it would be helpful for these patients, although they may serve to initiate pregnancy. Women severely affected may lose a significant percentage of body weight.

In this class of patients is indicated for intravenous therapy (serum) in patients with a serious problem, it is important to investigate the levels of sodium, potassium, glucose, thyroid and liver function to determine the differential diagnosis of any disease that may present with these symptoms . Ultrasound is useful for determining the presence of a molar pregnancy or multiple.

 

 

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