Hyperemesis gravidarum is an extreme form of what commonly named medical condition?
Hyperemesis gravidarum during her first pregnancy, and was treated for a similar condition during the subsequent two. Hyperemesis gravidarum Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a pregnancy complication that is characterized by severe nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and possibly dehydration. Signs and symptoms may also include vomiting many times a day and feeling faint. Hyperemesis gravidarum is considered more severe than morning sickness. Often symptoms get better after the 20th week of pregnancy but may last the entire pregnancy duration. The exact causes of hyperemesis gravidarum are unknown. Risk factors include the first pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, obesity, prior or family history of HG, trophoblastic
Hyperemesis gravidarum and is a cause of phocomelia in neonates. Hyperemesis gravidarum is from the Greek "hyper-", meaning excessive, and "emesis", meaning vomiting, and the Latin "gravidarum", the feminine genitive plural form of an adjective, here used as a noun, meaning "pregnant [woman]". Therefore, hyperemesis gravidarum means "excessive vomiting of pregnant women". Author Charlotte Brontë is often thought to have suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum. She died in 1855 while four months pregnant, having been afflicted by intractable nausea and vomiting throughout her pregnancy, and was unable to tolerate food or even water. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge was hospitalised due to hyperemesis gravidarum