Morning sickness

As pregnancy vomiting ( emesis gravidarum ) vomiting is called in early pregnancy, which occurs especially in the morning and may be accompanied by malaise and nausea. Add 0.5 to 1 % of all cases this may result in the clinically significant form, hyperemesis gravidarum, come. An exact boundary between the two diseases is not possible, the transition is smooth. Particularly severe nausea can indicate a molar pregnancy.

The cause of the vomiting of pregnancy is unclear. It is assumed that the pregnancy -maintaining hormone hCG plays a role in the pathogenesis. The production of hCG begins approximately 24 hours after fertilization in the ovary. In the first weeks of pregnancy, the concentration of hCG in the blood rises steadily, the maximum is reached somewhere between the eighth and twelfth week of pregnancy. Thereafter, the concentration decreases, because the placenta does not need the hormone production from the ovary once it is sufficiently mature that they can produce the pregnancy -maintaining hormones themselves. As a result, one associated with pregnancy nausea improved.

From a medical therapy is not recommended. Is often perceived as helpful to distribute the food on several small meals throughout the day and to refrain from caffeine and carbonated drinks.

For the treatment of vomiting of pregnancy can also be used medications (eg antihistamines) acupuncture and acupressure and with great restraint. A meta-study has investigated the effect of different methods of stimulating acupuncture points with morning sickness and vomiting of pregnant women. The evaluation of 14 projects implemented in the past 16 years, studies showed that the nausea by more than 50 %, the vomiting could be reduced by approximately 40%.

Furthermore relieves ginger as a tea, capsules or directly the nausea.