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Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a pregnancy complication that is characterized by severe nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and possibly dehydration. [1] Feeling faint may also occur. [ 2 ] It is considered more severe than morning sickness . [ 2 ]
The HER Foundation is the world’s largest grassroots network of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) survivors and experts, as well as the leading website for HG information. [1] It was founded in 2002 by Kimber Wakefield MacGibbon, [2] Ann Marie King, [3] and Jeremy King. [4]
Hyperemesis gravidarum is the presence of severe and persistent vomiting, causing dehydration and weight loss. It is similar although more severe than the common morning sickness . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] It is estimated to affect 0.3–3.6% of pregnant women and is the greatest contributor to hospitalizations under 20 weeks of gestation.
Hyperemesis gravidarum occurs in about 1.6% of pregnancies. [1] Morning sickness can negatively affect quality of life, result in decreased ability to work while pregnant, and result in health-care expenses. [3] Generally, mild to moderate cases have no effect on the fetus, and most severe cases also have normal outcomes. [1]
Hyperemesis gravidarum, which is a severe form of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy can lead to nutritional deficiencies, weight loss, electrolytes imbalance and is one of the leading causes of hospitalization in the first trimester of pregnancy. [36] Constipation is another GI symptom that is commonly encountered during pregnancy. It is ...
643.0 Mild hyperemesis gravidarum; 643.1 Hyperemesis gravidarum with metabolic disturbance; 643.9 Vomiting of pregnancy, unspec. 644 Early or threatened labor. 644.0 Threatened premature labor; 644.1 Other threatened labor; 644.2 Early onset of delivery; 645 Prolonged pregnancy. 645.1 Post term pregnancy; 645.2 Prolonged pregnancy
Pregnancy Sickness Support was registered as a Charitable Trust in 2002 by founders Dr. Anthony Barnie-Adshead, his daughter Caroline Adshead and Dr. Roger Gadsby. Dr. Barnie-Adshead had become interested in pregnancy sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum in the 1960s during his career as a GP and initiated novel research trying to find the
Striae gravidarum (stretch marks) – pregnancy-related stretch marks occur in 50% to 90% of women, [41] and are caused both by the skin stretching and by the effects of hormonal changes on fibers in the skin. [42]