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.