Hyperemesis is the condition where the mother experiences severe vomiting during her pregnancy. It affects her livelihood to the extent that it can lead to early miscarriages, biochemical pregnancies, and recurrent miscarriages if left untreated.
Hyperemesis can cause:
- Contractions of the uterus
The violent vomiting is caused by the contraction of the smooth muscles of the stomach and intestine walls. This will cause frequent contractions of the uterus (also made of smooth muscles), which puts the mother at risk of a miscarriage. It may cause the embryo to detach from the endometrium, causing an early miscarriage.
- Malnutrition
Hyperemesis will severely affect the appetite of the mother. She may lose her appetite for days and be extremely dehydrated, causing the whole body to be malnourished, affecting several bodily functions. leading to:
- An underdeveloped Corpus Luteum (corpus luteum insufficiency)
- The embryo or fetus growing with insufficient nutrients
Corpus Luteum Insufficiency causes low secretions of the hormone Progesterone causing:
- Placental villi bleeding causing the placenta to detach from the basal layer of the endometrium easily
- Fetal Demise due to uterine contractions.
Hyperemesis is a severe condition that can cause pregnancy loss. If not accurately diagnosed and treated, you will face a risk of miscarriage in your pregnancies and eventually cause recurrent miscarriages.
What is the cause of Hyperemesis?
Dr Chen Fenglin of Beijing Antai Hospital has discovered that the primary cause of hyperemesis is an allergy to HCG, the hormone secreted by the placenta during pregnancy.
This is a natural phenomenon in a healthy pregnant woman known as morning sickness. Morning sickness is a more common and mild symptom of pregnancy, where women experience mild nausea and occasional vomiting.
However, in Hyperemesis, this HCG allergic reaction causes the smooth muscles of the stomach and intestine to contract more often, leading to frequent and increasingly violent vomiting and severe nausea.
What are the symptoms of Hyperemesis?
- Vomiting: You may experience extreme nausea and vomiting during your pregnancy
- Insomnia: Insomnia is one of the common neurological symptoms caused by the HCG allergy. You may experience severe insomnia for up to several days, leading to emotional and mental instability.
- Excessive salivation: Your salivary glands produce more saliva than average, leading to drooling. This is caused by the over-stimulation of the M3 receptors (Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3) in the salivary gland’s smooth muscles.
Other symptoms include:
- Dehydration
- Malnutrition
- Pale complexion
- Hyperthyroidism (T3 , T4 )
- Weight loss during pregnancy
- A decrease in urinary volume
- Low blood pressure
How does Hyperemesis cause recurrent immunological miscarriage?
Hyperemesis will cause malnutrition and Hyperthyroidism, which leads to corpus luteum insufficiency. This can cause miscarriage and potentially recurrent miscarriage during pregnancies.
If you have a history of miscarriages or fetal Demise (induced abortion) caused by Hyperemesis, there is a high risk for you to develop recurrent immunological miscarriage.
After undergoing multiple D & C procedures, the fetal cells containing paternal genes may have entered the mother’s bloodstream. This triggers an immune reaction, generating anti-embryonic antibodies in the mother’s body. In subsequent pregnancies, the anti-embryonic antibodies readily attack the growing embryo, causing an inevitable miscarriage. This type of miscarriage is known as a recurrent immunological miscarriage.
Antai Hospital has patented and highly effective immunotherapy that can prevent future immunological RSA. Read more here.
Diagnosis
- A standard blood test to measure the levels of electrolytes in your body.
- Check your blood pressure and a standard blood test to identify dehydration.
- A standard blood test to check for malnutrition. (lacking certain vitamins and minerals)
- Hormonal test to check for Hyperthyroidism (High levels of T3, T4).
- Test for anti-embryonic antibodies (if you have a history of miscarriages caused by Hyperemesis).
Treatment
Here at Antai Hospital, we firmly believe that an effective treatment only comes with an accurate diagnosis. To effectively treat Hyperemesis, we must treat all the root causes as shown below:
- Desensitizer treatment
- It is an Antai proprietary prescription medication (compound medication) administered orally or via injections. Depending on your Hyperemesis’ severity, we may issue the desensitizer throughout your pregnancy until you begin to recover.
- The prescription desensitizer is easy to administer and:
- It does not produce side effects.
- It is not teratogenic.
- It is highly effective.
- Progesterone Supplementary Treatment
- We will administer progesterone supplementary treatment to boost your progesterone levels to healthy conditions. Antai Hospital has specialized methods to accurately determine the exact amount of progesterone that is required.
- Supplement any other insufficient pregnancy hormones (Thyroid hormones, estrogen, PLT, etc.) to healthy levels to sustain a healthy pregnancy.
- Treatment for Hyperthyroidism
- Antithyroid medication such as methimazole may be administered to reduce the over-activity of the thyroid glands, but it is not a must.
- Hyperthyroidism usually goes away once hyperemesis is treated.
- Immunity factors
If you test positive for the anti-embryonic antibodies, Antai hospital will administer its patented and highly effective immunotherapy to treat and prevent future recurrent immunological miscarriage.
Antai Hospital is the only private hospital that offers patented and effective recurrent miscarriage treatment with a full refund policy. We firmly believe that effective treatment can only come with an accurate diagnosis. Please arrange a consultation with us to find out more.