Changes of the digestive system in pregnancy

The digestive problems in pregnancy are undoubtedly the most frequent complaints that pregnant women ask at their medical center. Pregnancy produces many symptoms of digestive type, the vast majority are not considered health problems at first, although some may become so in certain degrees. Changes

The digestive problems in pregnancy are undoubtedly the most frequent complaints that pregnant women ask at their medical center.

Pregnancy produces many symptoms of digestive type, the vast majority are not considered health problems at first, although some may become so in certain degrees.

Changes in the digestive system of the pregnant woman

The change in the food desires of the pregnant woman is popular knowledge, and these can be very variable, both due to the increase of the same and decrease. Also the appearance of those known as 'whims', intense desire to eat a particular food or type of food and rejection however to other foods.

Digestive problems during pregnancy

- Nausea and vomiting: Due to the important hormonal change that occurs, women, among others, often refer to nausea and vomiting los, which occur mainly in the 1st trimester. They are produced by the hormone BHCG, the pregnancy diagnosis hormone. They are treatable but in the most intense cases, in which the pregnant women do not tolerate any food, they may require hospital admission.- Constipation: The hormones

also mediate the relaxation of the smooth muscles of the entire gastrointestinal tract. For example in constipation and pirosis -ardores-that some pregnant women suffer from. Both symptoms are also influenced by the compression that the uterus makes when growing on the intestine or the stomach, in addition to the alteration of the dietary habits. - Hemorrhoids:

The compression produced by the uterus on the intestine and the hemorrhoidal plexuses also favors the appearance of hemorrhoids. - Problems in the mouth:

It also influences the increase in vascularity and hypertrophy in the mucous membranes: it is typical of pregnancy the appearance of epulis - tumors in the gums-. Ask your midwife what steps you can take to alleviate these discomforts. She can advise you on all aspects of your pregnancy.