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What Causes Upper Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy?
Question: Dear Sir/Madam,
My wife is a 20 week pregnant. She is suffering from frequent mild abdominal pain just below chest particularly during night times. She is consuming 1 Iron tablet(Livogen) in the morning after breakfast and 2 calcium tablets(Macalvit 500) in the evening after dinner.
She feels like getting vomits after consuming Livogen in the morning. Can She consume Livogen after dinner?.
Is this something to worry?, can you please give us your valuable suggestions on how to overcome this Abdominal pain?.
Thanks in advance!!.
My wife is a 20 week pregnant. She is suffering from frequent mild abdominal pain just below chest particularly during night times. She is consuming 1 Iron tablet(Livogen) in the morning after breakfast and 2 calcium tablets(Macalvit 500) in the evening after dinner.
She feels like getting vomits after consuming Livogen in the morning. Can She consume Livogen after dinner?.
Is this something to worry?, can you please give us your valuable suggestions on how to overcome this Abdominal pain?.
Thanks in advance!!.
Brief Answer:
Gastric reflux
Detailed Answer:
Hi dear, I have gone through your question and understand your concerns .
The upper abdominal pain your wife is having is likely due to gastric reflux and acidity.
It is common in pregnancy, and is aggravated by iron like livogen.
She can take livogen after dinner, timing do not matters. One should not consume iron with calcium.
To decrease the pain due to gastric reflux, she should follow some measures like:
1. Not taking tea or coffee empty stomach and frequently.
2. Avoid resting or sleeping immediately after meals.
3. Make the head end of the bed a bit elevated.
All this measures will definitely help her.
Hope you found the answer helpful. Please do get back for further queries.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
Gastric reflux
Detailed Answer:
Hi dear, I have gone through your question and understand your concerns .
The upper abdominal pain your wife is having is likely due to gastric reflux and acidity.
It is common in pregnancy, and is aggravated by iron like livogen.
She can take livogen after dinner, timing do not matters. One should not consume iron with calcium.
To decrease the pain due to gastric reflux, she should follow some measures like:
1. Not taking tea or coffee empty stomach and frequently.
2. Avoid resting or sleeping immediately after meals.
3. Make the head end of the bed a bit elevated.
All this measures will definitely help her.
Hope you found the answer helpful. Please do get back for further queries.
Wishing you good health.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you so much Madam. This answer is perfect and very useful. We will certainly follow your suggestions.
Brief Answer:
Happy to help
Detailed Answer:
Hi dear, I am happy to have helped you.
You can get back to me for further queries later by asking a direct question to me on the health care magic portal.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
Happy to help
Detailed Answer:
Hi dear, I am happy to have helped you.
You can get back to me for further queries later by asking a direct question to me on the health care magic portal.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Deepti Verma
OBGYN, Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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