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Why does it make you sick in the morning and what should you do?
Last reviewed: 23.11.2021
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Such a symptom as it makes you sick in the morning - in vain many people consider this to be a typical female symptom, especially characteristic of pregnancy. Of course, nausea in the morning can be the first news of a long-awaited pregnancy, but such a sign may also indicate many other conditions, often different from normal in the physiological sense. Also, it is not always sick in the morning for those who are not in order digestive system. Unpleasant sensations of nausea may become a signal about kidney pathologies, diseases of the cardiovascular system, cardiopathies, gynecological diseases. Morning nausea is manifested as a mild form, almost unnoticeable, and in a rather difficult version, when even the usual hygienic process of brushing teeth can lead to indomitable vomiting.
Why is it sick in the morning?
Pregnancy, which in the first three months is often accompanied by quite predictable toxicosis. Statistics say that every third woman who is expecting a baby is sick in the morning. Nausea and vomiting is a normal process, which indicates the adaptation of the woman's body to changes associated with pregnancy. Toxicosis is expressed not only in nausea, but also dizziness, atypical preferences in food and smells. So the body reacts to hormonal transformations, which normally end in the second trimester. There are more severe symptoms of persistent nausea and vomiting that should be supervised in the hospital, otherwise severe dehydration and exhaustion of the future mother's organism is possible, in addition pathological cases of nausea may indicate gestosis.
Since it is undesirable for pregnant women to take medicamentous treatment, morning sickness can be minimized with the help of fractional nutrition, the use of a sufficient amount of liquid. The breakfast rule also helps in the reclining position - so the stomach is easier to take food and start digesting it. Of phytotherapeutic agents, which must be taken with extreme caution, since some types of herbs can provoke abortion, you can advise tea with melissa and mint. Also, decoctions of ginger root (20 grams of ground root are brewed in half a liter of boiling water for 15 minutes). All antiemetics sold in pharmacies can harm both mother and baby, so their use is possible only on the recommendation of the treating gynecologist.
Dysfunction of the digestive system often causes sensations of morning sickness. Often vomiting in the morning with liver, kidney, ulcer process in the gastrointestinal tract, when the acid-base balance is disturbed. Usually, nausea goes along with eating, but in cases of kidney failure, nausea may persist even while eating. Hepatic pathologies except morning sickness are accompanied by aching pain in the right side of the abdomen. Ulcerative processes are characterized by heartburn, abdominal pain after eating. All listed reasons need to be examined and treated. Such symptoms as nausea in the morning is not an independent disease, it can only pass if the root cause is eliminated.
Cardiovascular disorders may also be accompanied by morning sickness, which is often accompanied by general weakness, rapid fatigue, decreased appetite. A threatening symptom may be if you feel sick in the morning for two to three days in conjunction with pain in the left side of the body, dizziness or asymmetry of the face. Left-sided pain and nausea are a possible sign of developing heart failure. Dizziness and asymmetry is a sign of a small or extensive hemorrhage in the brain (microinsult, extensive stroke ).
Nauseous in the morning, especially if these symptoms concern children, is a possible sign of helminthic invasion. The diagnosis is confirmed in the laboratory, where they pass tests of feces, urine and blood. Treatment, as a rule, not long. With proper observance of the doctor's recommendations and neutralization of parasites, morning sickness quickly passes.
Appendicitis can be another reason for nausea in the morning. Inflammation of the appendix often develops gradually, sensations of nausea along with weak, pulling pains in the abdomen, a decrease in appetite can signal the beginning of the process. Acute appendicitis develops rapidly, morning sickness ends with vomiting, body temperature rises, the pain becomes intense and localizes in the right region of epigastrium. In these cases, independent treatment is not only inappropriate but also dangerous for life, urgent medical care is needed to avoid peritonitis.
Inflammatory processes of the gallbladder can manifest as nausea. In addition, that nausea in the morning, there is heartburn, flatulence, a feeling of heaviness in the diaphragm. The acute form of the disease is accompanied by severe shingles, fever, and sometimes a temperature increase of 39-40 degrees. If symptoms begin with morning sickness and develop to pain and fever, emergency medical attention is needed.
Quite often nausea in the morning hours is manifested vegetative-vascular dystonia. This disease is syndromic and not fully understood in the etiological sense. However, typical signs of the VSD can be vertigo (dizziness), sensory disturbances from sight and hearing, psychoemotional reactions in the form of anxiety. The vegetative reaction, as a rule, precedes nausea, and manifests itself in the form of internal tremor, redness of the skin, increased sweating of the whole body, tremor of hands, salivation or vice versa of dryness in the mouth. Self-acting may be the use of sedative non-prescription drugs, such as Corvalment, Corvaltab, Phytosed. If you feel nauseous in the morning, you can regularly drink half a cup of melissa or peppermint before meals, as well as sparing physical exercises before breakfast that activate the blood circulation.
Migraine, whose constant companion is nausea, often begins in the morning. If you feel sick in the morning and start paroxysmal pain, you need to take drugs that relieve spasm. Those who have had migraine more than once, know its intolerable symptoms and, most likely, such patients have already visited a neurologist to get recommendations for treatment. If a person first encountered migraine and morning sickness, you can take an antispasmodic - no-shpu, spasmalgon or paracetamol. It is necessary to exclude all stimuli - both auditory and visual. Bed rest, peace and quiet will help relieve the symptoms of migraines.
Nauseous in the morning - this is not a disease, but just one of the symptoms of a possible disease, which the body signals in this way. If morning sickness becomes regular, you need to consult a doctor who differentiates the subjective complaints and, perhaps, will refer the patient to a narrow specialist - neuropathologist, gynecologist, gastroenterologist.
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