When nausea from pregnancy is life-threatening
- Written by Marlena Schoenberg Fejzo, Associate Researcher in Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Woman with IV image via www.shutterstock.com.Most women experience some type of morning sickness during pregnancy, but some women develop a far more serious condition.
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which causes severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, affects as many as 3 percent of pregnancies, leading to over 167,000 emergency department visits...