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Pregnancy, Vomiting (cont.)

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  • Your healthcare provider may ask for a urine sample to check for ketones, which is a chemical found in dehydration.

  • In severe cases, your healthcare provider may also take blood samples to check your blood sugar, electrolyte (sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate) levels, liver function, or levels of certain hormones.

    • These tests may help your doctor decide how dehydrated you are.

    • They may also help decide if a different condition is causing your nausea and vomiting, such as a urinary tract infection, hepatitis, or gallstones.

  • Depending on how far along you are in your pregnancy, the doctor may also check the baby's health by listening for a heartbeat with a Doppler instrument, or by ultrasonography.

  • Your healthcare provider may diagnose hyperemesis gravidarum only after excluding other serious illnesses. The following are other disorders that may show symptoms similar to hyperemesis gravidarum:

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