Home Care - How to Relieve Severe Nausea in Pregnant Women

Home Care - How to Relieve Severe Nausea in Pregnant Women

Obstetrical Nursing   September 27, 2015

Home Care - How to Relieve Severe Nausea in Pregnant Women

Nausea is the sensation issued a strong food or want to vomit. Vomiting sensation is accompanied by signs of autonomic, such as hypersalivation (excessive saliva expenditure), diaphoresis, tachycardia, pallor, and tachypnea. Nausea is closely linked to the occurrence of anorexia and vomiting.

Nausea can also occur due to take medication, the effects that occur after surgery and radiation. Nausea often occurs during the first trimester to a pregnant woman.
Nausea can also be caused by extreme pain due to accidents or other issues, anxiety, alcohol poisoning (drunk) because of excessive consumption, or it can also be caused by food and beverages are not tasty.

Nausea during early pregnancy is often called morning sickness, because it generally occurs in the morning. Really just happened the morning ?, Not really, because there are some pregnant women can occur at any time throughout the day. Because the exact cause is unknown, treatment of this problem can have different effectiveness. But do not worry because there are some things you can do.

Increased estrogen and thyroxine become one of the causes of nausea in pregnant women. Sometimes in some women, the nausea lasts until severe. Therefore to avoid it, you can do some of the following home care.

Get plenty of rest
When you are pregnant, you are advised to have plenty of time to rest. Rest will make your body relax and minimize fluctuation of hormones that can cause nausea.

After sleep, get up slowly
When waking from sleep, get up slowly. If you wake up suddenly, then there is a jolt that will shock your body and can make you sick.

Eating healthy food
While pregnant, avoid foods that can trigger nausea. One of them is caffeine. Caffeine is a proven bad for your pregnancy because it can increase the acid in the stomach which would exacerbate nausea.

Increase your physical activity
Physical activity you do, can reduce severe nausea because physical activity will accelerate your body's metabolic system so that you avoid nausea.

Nursing Care Plan for Nausea and Vomiting

Nursing Care Plan for Nausea and Vomiting

Vomiting   October 30, 2013

Nausea

Nausea is the sensation (feeling) issued a strong food or want to vomit. Usually accompanied by autonomic signs such as hypersalivation, diaphoresis, tachycardia, pallor, and tachypnea, nausea closely related to anorexia. Nausea caused by distention or irritation in any part of the gastrointestinal tract, but can also be stimulated by higher brain centers.

Nausea is a common symptom of digestive disorders, but may also occur in fluid and electrolyte imbalance, infection, metabolic disorders, endocrine, and cardiac maze. Can also be as a result of drug therapy, surgery, and radiation.

Nausea is also common in the first trimester of pregnancy, nausea can arise from intense pain, anxiety, alcohol poisoning, excessive food or digest food or drinks that do not taste good.


Definition of "Vomit" is a discharge of most or all of the stomach contents food into the stomach occurs after a while, accompanied by contraction of the stomach and abdomen. (Vivian Nanny Lia Dewi, 2010)

In a simple sense of Vomiting is spending the stomach contents through the mouth. Another understanding of the vomiting is a discharge of most or all of the stomach contents food into the stomach occurs after a while, with stomach and abdominal contractions. In the first few hours after birth, the baby may experience vomiting mucus, sometimes with a little blood. Vomiting is not uncommon to settle after breast feeding or food, the situation is probably due to irritation of the gastric mucosa by a number of objects that are ingested during childbirth.

Many causes that can lead to vomiting, namely:

• Virus infection
• Stress
• Gestation
• Drug
• Myocardial infarction
• Uremia
• Other conditions

Therapeutic Intervention

Nausea and vomiting are very few require intervention. However, if left unchecked will lead to dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Loss of hydrochloric acid from the stomach can cause metabolic alkalosis. Vomiting black, like coffee, showed vomit mixed with blood. Protection of the airway during vomiting are the most important measures to prevent aspiration. Increased risk of aspiration in patients with loss of consciousness, the elderly, and the failure of reflexes. Place the patient in a comfortable position so that vomit out. Beating back while vomiting can lead to aspiration.


Nursing Process in Patients with Nausea and Vomiting

Assessment / data collection

1. Episodes of nausea and vomiting
2. Medical condition
3. Drugs consumed
4. Treatment is being done

Early signs of fluid loss:

1. Weakness
2. Headache
3. Not be able to concentrate
4. Postural hypotension

Further signs of fluid loss:

1. Confused
2. Oliguria
3. Skin cool and moist
4. Chest and abdominal pain

Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, and Implementation

1 . Nausea related to various causes

The desired result :

• Patients expressed no nausea and vomiting .
• Odor-free environment , clean so it does not cause nausea .

Interventions :

1. Give anti- emetic .
2. Oral care , to reduce emesis and increased comfort .
3. Explained to the patient to avoid foods that cause or may cause vomiting .

2 . Risk for aspiration related to decreased reflexes or awareness

The desired result :

• Airway and lung sounds clean patient

Iintervention :

1. Assess whether the patient is in the risk for aspiration .
2. Place the patient in a position to prevent aspiration .

3 . Deficient Fluid Volume

The desired result :

• Patient's vital signs within normal limits .

Interventions :

1. Monitor for signs of hypovolemia to prevent any complications that may occur .
2. Measure body weight each day .
3. Monitor intake output , and vital signs , and vital signs , blood pressure ortohstatik .
4. Give fluids by IV .
5. Discharge monitoring during treatment to prevent deficit and excess fluid .

Evaluation

Patients showed no nausea, lung sounds clean and normal vital signs .

Imbalanced Nutrition : less than body requirements related to nausea and vomiting

Risk for Fluid Volume Deficit related to Vomiting