Hyperemesis Gravidarum Flashcards

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Hyperemisis Gravidarum

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Hyper— excessive
emisis— vomiting 🤮
Gravidarum— in pregnancy 🤰

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Definition of Hyperemesis gravidarum

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Hyperemesis gravidarum:
A severe type of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

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Risk Factors

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— Age below 18 years and above 35 years

— Primigravidae

— Multiple Pregnancy 🤰

— Underweight and Obesity

— Past history of Hyperemisis gravidarum

— Trophoplastic disease
(is a group of rare diseases in which abnormal trophoblast cells grow inside the uterus after conception.)

— Psychological factors like unwanted pregnancy 🤰 and marital problems.

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