NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN FIRST-TRIMESTER PREGNANCY: IS HELICOBACTER PYLORUS A RISK FACTOR?

Nizheen Shaban Qader; Maida Yousif; Ala Yousif Mahmood

doi:10.46903/gjms/23.1.1807

NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN FIRST-TRIMESTER PREGNANCY: IS HELICOBACTER PYLORUS A RISK FACTOR?

Nizheen Shaban Qader, Maida Yousif, Ala Yousif Mahmood

Abstract

Background: Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy could lead to adverse fetal and maternal outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and both the frequency and severity of nausea and vomiting in pregnant women before 20 weeks of gestation.

Materials & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on all one hundred pregnant women with nausea and vomiting during the study period, from May 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023, in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Maternity Teaching Hospital in Dohuk, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The H.pylori infection was assessed through IgG testing by ELISA.

Results: The H. Pylori test was positive in 56% of pregnant women with Nausea and Vomiting (N&V). There was a highly significant association between cesarean section and pregnant women with preterm birth. There was a significant association between increased age and gestational age of pregnant women with N&V and positive H. Pylori test (p<0.05). There was a highly significant association between normal General Urine Examination (GUE) of pregnant women with N&V and positive H. Pylori test (p<0.001).

Conclusions: The prevalence of H. pylori infection among pregnant women with nausea and vomiting is high.

Keywords

Nausea; Vomiting; Pregnancy; H. pylori; Infection.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46903/gjms/23.1.1807