Suggest remedy for severe fever and vomiting during pregnancy
Patient: Actually My wife 2 months 7days pregnant. She is feeling like vomitting after taking food and not taken food. Also suffer fever in day & night within 1-2 hours. Also no taken medicne any bcoz medicene sideeffects to baby... Please Guide Us. Thanks in advance! Doctor: Hallow Dear,Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy or morning sickness is a notorious part of the pregnancy. Please try to observe following:1. Let her not cook the food. In fact she should keep away when the food is being cooked. 2. Let her eat dry food. Liquid food regurgitates easily. have short but frequent feeds. 3. Eat only what she likes and feels like eating.4. Avoid oily and spicy food. 5. Avoid tea/coffee. Buttermilk is a good drink. Particularly in the morning when nausea is more. 6. She may have more liking for sour items. Let her have them. 7. By this vomiting can be avoided, however, nausea cannot be conquered by any means. However, my experience with the patients for over 40 years  has shown me that banana or melon with plenty of sugar in cold water takes away the nausea due to any reason. 8. If persistent vomiting makes her dehydrated, take her to the hospital. She may need IV fluids lest it becomes a vicious circle. Dehydration can be adjudged by pinching skin on the back of the hand. If the fold remains, she is dehydrated. There are many medicines which stop vomiting; however, some of them have ill effects on baby in the womb. So as far as possible, try to control it by modifying eating habits. If still vomiting cannot be controlled, please visit an Obstetrician and take medicines with his/her advice only. As it is nausea and vomiting of pregnancy lasts only till 12 weeks of pregnancy. So within 3 weeks, she will be relieved of it. If she can pull on with it without medicines, great. Dr. Nishikant Shrotri