Is a woman vomiting acid pregnant?

There is also morning sickness in early pregnancy, which is a normal phenomenon. Will you vomit acid in the early stages of pregnancy? There is no practical answer to this question! It can only be said that many issues are actually different depending on the specific circumstances of the expectant mother. So, will you vomit acid in early pregnancy? Does nausea, vomiting and acid reflux mean that you are pregnant?

Will I vomit acid in early pregnancy?

Acid reflux is related to gastric juice. Gastric juice is produced by the parietal cells of the gastric mucosa, and plays a full role in sterilization and promoting digestion in the stomach. The gastric mucosa has its own protection system to protect the stomach from being eroded and digested by gastric juice. However, once the gastric juice runs into the esophagus, the esophagus cannot withstand the erosion of the acid, and the owner will immediately vomit acid and have heartburn.

Experts measured the pressure of the lower esophagus of pregnant women and confirmed that its pressure was indeed reduced. The reason is that during pregnancy, the body's endocrine system undergoes a series of changes. Among them, the estrogen and progesterone levels in the blood increase. Under the synergistic effect of these two hormones, the sphincter muscles become loose and weak. In addition, gastrointestinal motility is very poor, and the ability of intestinal peristalsis from top to bottom in the esophagus has weakened. The former causes gastric juice to accumulate in the stomach and not flow down, which increases the working pressure in the stomach, breaking the fragile "main battlefield" and refluxing into the esophagus; the latter makes the esophagus unable to eliminate these intruders, which is how the symptoms of pregnant women appear.

Treating reflux in pregnant women is different from treating this type of reflux in general. The key question facing pregnant women is whether common medications will cause harm to the fetus in their belly? Will there be side effects that may lead to fetal deformities? Therefore, according to the severity of reflux symptoms, effective treatment for pregnant women should be carried out in three steps under the above conditions.

The first step: adjust your lifestyle. Do not eat foods that produce a lot of acid, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, foods that have strong acidity and alkalinity (such as concentrated vinegar, lemonade), strong tea, alcohol, cigarettes, freshly ground coffee, chocolate, etc. Raise the bedroom bed (not the pillows) if necessary. In addition, it is also important to maintain a happy spirit and stable emotions.

Step 2: Use local treatment drugs. Common ones include aluminum chloride gel, taken before meals; Wei Shuping, taken before meals. After this type of medication treatment, reflux symptoms can be alleviated in 30%-40% of pregnant women.

The third step: Use acid suppression to suppress gastric juice before it is produced so that it cannot escape, thereby alleviating the damage of acid reflux. For difficult cases that have failed to respond to the first and second step treatments, cimetidine is the preferred drug. Existing data show that this type of medicine has a good safety factor and is recommended to be taken after dinner every day, because at this time, reflux is most serious, and it should not be taken for a long time.