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While vomiting in pregnancy has been described as early as 2,000 BCE, the first clear medical description of HG was in 1852, by Paul Antoine Dubois. [12] HG is estimated to affect 0.3–2.0% of pregnant women, although some sources say the figure can be as high as 3%.
During pregnancy, the enlarged abdomen and gravid uterus place additional strain on lumbar muscles and shift the pregnant woman's center of gravity. These postural compensations culminate in an increased load on both lumbar spinal musculature and the sacroiliac ligaments, manifesting as low back pain and/or pelvic girdle pain. [ 13 ]
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries by women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant resulted in the "biggest man‐made medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as phocomelia, as well as thousands of miscarriages. [34] [35]
vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy / miscarriage; vaginal bleeding in late pregnancy; amenorrhea; infertility; painful intercourse (N94.1) pelvic pain; vaginal discharge; Ocular. amaurosis fugax (G45.3) and amaurosis; blurred vision; Dalrymple's sign; double vision (H53.2) exophthalmos (H05.2) mydriasis/miosis (H570) nystagmus; Psychiatric ...
According to a study conducted by Whitcome, et al., lumbar lordosis can increase from an angle of 32 degrees at 0% fetal mass (i.e. non-pregnant women or very early in pregnancy) to 50 degrees at 100% fetal mass (very late in pregnancy). Postpartum, the angle of the lordosis declines and can reach the angle prior to pregnancy.
Nausea or "morning sickness" is common during early pregnancy but may occasionally continue into the second and third trimesters. In the first trimester nearly 80 % of women have some degree of nausea. [9] Pregnancy should therefore be considered as a possible cause of nausea in any sexually active woman of child-bearing age. [8]
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The first legal writer to describe abortion of a quick fetus as homicide was Henry de Bracton in the early 13th century: [9] [10] If one strikes a pregnant woman or gives her poison in order to procure an abortion, if the fetus is already formed or quickened, especially if it is quickened, he commits homicide.