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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 ]
While some complications improve or are fully resolved after pregnancy, some may lead to lasting effects, morbidity, or in the most severe cases, maternal or fetal mortality. [1] [2] [3] Common complications of pregnancy include anemia, gestational diabetes, infections, gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia.
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
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Hyperemesis gravidarum affects about one in every 200 pregnancies and results in severe nausea, dehydration, and low blood pressure, among other things.
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For women that do not improve with initial treatment, medications, such as pyridoxine and doxylamine, may also be used. [9] A rare form of severe nausea and vomiting known as hyperemesis gravidarum can occur in 1% of pregnant women and can affect fetal and maternal health. [10]
A severe form of the condition is known as hyperemesis gravidarum and results in weight loss. [1] [6] The cause of morning sickness is unknown but may relate to changing levels of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin. [2] Some have proposed that morning sickness may be useful from an evolutionary point of view. [1]