Gynecology & Obstetrics
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ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
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Review Article
Medication used in Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy - A Review of Safety and Efficacy
Author(s): Binny Thomas, Palli Valappila Abdul Rouf, Moza Al-Hail, Doua al Saad, Asma Tharannum, Wessam elKassem and Nora Al-hailBinny Thomas, Palli Valappila Abdul Rouf, Moza Al-Hail, Doua al Saad, Asma Tharannum, Wessam elKassem and Nora Al-hail
Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms experienced by 50– 90% of women’s in early pregnancy. ‘Morning sickness’ is a misnomer frequently used to describe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), although the symptoms may persist the whole day and/or night. Pregnant women experience these symptoms mainly in the first trimester between 6 and 12 weeks of gestation, few of them continue till 20 weeks of gestation while in few others it continues throughout the pregnancy. The problem peaks at 9-week gestation, and approximately 60% of NVPs resolve by the end of first trimester. In a very small minority of these patients, the symptoms become severe leading to dehydration, weight loss, excessive vomiting, and mandate hospital admission; this condition is known as Hyperemesis Gravidarum.
Fairweather D.V proposed the most widely used definition of Hyperemesis Gr.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000270