morning sickness

sickness /sick·ness/ (sik´nes) disease.

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African sleeping sickness  African trypanosomiasis.

air sickness  airsickness.

altitude sickness  a condition due to difficulty adjusting to lowered oxygen pressure at high altitudes; it may take the form of mountain sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema, or cerebral edema.

car sickness  carsickness.

decompression sickness  divers' paralysis; joint pain, respiratory problems, skin lesions, and neurologic signs, due to rapid reduction of air pressure in a person's environment.

green tobacco sickness  transient, recurring nicotine poisoning in tobacco harvesters.

high-altitude sickness  altitude s.

milk sickness  an acute, often fatal disease in humans after they ingest milk, milk products, or flesh of cattle or sheep who have eaten certain toxic plants; human disease is marked by weakness, anorexia, vomiting, and sometimes muscular tremors.

morning sickness  nausea of early pregnancy.

motion sickness  nausea and malaise due to unaccustomed motion, such as in travel by airplane, automobile, ship, or train.

mountain sickness  a type of high altitude sickness with oliguria, dyspnea, blood pressure and pulse rate changes, and neurological disorders.

radiation sickness  a condition resulting from exposure to a whole-body dose of over 1 gray of ionizing radiation and characterized by the symptoms of the acute radiation syndrome.

sea sickness  seasickness.

serum sickness  a hypersensitivity reaction after administration of foreign serum or serum proteins, marked by urticaria, arthralgia, edema, and lymphadenopathy.

sleeping sickness  increasing lethargy and drowsiness due to a disease process such as African trypanosomiasis or types of encephalomyelitis.

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morning sickness

n.

Nausea and vomiting upon rising in the morning, especially during early pregnancy. Also called nausea gravidarum.

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morning sickness.

See nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.

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Morning Sickness

Pregnancy-related nausea often accompanied by vomiting upon awakening, possibly related to hunger. Morning sickness occurs in half of pregnancies in the first 2-12 weeks of gestation and, if severe, causes dehydration and acidosis

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morning sickness 

nausea and vomiting occurring during pregnancy, usually during the early months. Between 50 and 65 per cent of all women experience some degree of this during pregnancy, and about one third are affected to the point of vomiting. Morning sickness usually begins during the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy. Some cases may clear up in 1 to 3 weeks; others may persist until the fourteenth or sixteenth week. In most cases, morning sickness begins with a feeling of nausea on arising. Despite its name, morning sickness is not always limited to the morning. In rare cases, about one woman in 200, hyperemesis gravidarum, or pernicious vomiting of pregnancy, may develop. If unchecked, it may result in such symptoms as dehydration and weight loss, and may threaten the life of both the mother and the unborn child.

Causes. The actual causes of morning sickness are not known. It is believed that hunger is a contributing factor. It is also thought that there may be a metabolic upset that occurs as a result of pregnancy and contributes to this condition. Psychological factors may also contribute to or cause morning sickness.

Treatment. Morning sickness is usually little more than a discomfort, requiring no treatment. If a woman can be diverted from thinking about it, it tends to lessen or pass away entirely. If possible, she should have something light to eat before getting out of bed in the morning. This could be crackers or weak tea, possibly left beside the bed at night, with the tea in a thermos bottle; better still, someone might help her have breakfast in bed. After eating, she should rest for about 15 minutes before getting up.

Excessive fluid intake should be avoided. At meals, it is best to eat dry foods first. Liquids should be taken last and sipped in small quantities. Instead of three large meals, small meals should be eaten at more frequent intervals. It is also advisable to rest after each meal. Dry foods, such as crackers, or soft foods eaten every 2 hours until the nausea is over can also be helpful.

Sights, smells, and foods that may be disturbing should be avoided, as should greasy foods, fats, and butter. Also to be avoided are those vegetables which are hard to digest, such as cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, and onions. Antiemetics should be avoided during the first trimester because of the possible risks of teratogenesis.

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morning sickness

Nausea gravidarum Obstetrics Pregnancy-related nausea often accompanied by vomiting upon awakening, possibly related to hunger; MS occurs in 1⁄2 of pregnancies in the first 2-12 wks of gestation and, if severe, causes dehydration and acidosis. See Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals

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Patient discussion about morning sickness.

Q. How Can You Treat Morning Sickness? My sister has been suffering from morning sickness all throughout her first 4 weeks of pregnancy. Is there a way to treat morning sickness?

A. this is the third time today i recommend this amazing site for pregnant women, it's the "American college for Obstetricians and Gynecologists" website and it has pamphlets about any pregnancy question you'll have:

http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp126.cfm

take care :)

Q. How is morning sickness treated? I have been suffering from morning sickness all throughout my first 4 weeks of pregnancy. Is there a way to treat morning sickness?

A. eat crackers, and if your taking prenatal vitiams take them and cut them in half,and take one afternoon, the other in the evening.that helps with the sickness,and you can even take flintstone vitiams instead,that helps alot.

Q. How should i take care of morning sickness? i mean i am getting sick :) of that , the same thing every day Any Ideas ? someone ?

A. :) , when my wife was pregnant she also had morning sickness. this made her a very edgy person... so i looked for solutions that might help her (and me!). here is something i found useful:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003119.htm#Common Causes