Treatment efficacy of ginger v/s pyridoxin in the first trimester nausea & vomitings of pregnancy-a comparative study.

ABSTRACT

Nausea and vomiting are the main symptoms in 1st trimester of pregnancy. Ginger is safe and highly effective in the treatment of pregnancy induced nausea and vomitings. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Ginger and Pyridoxine in the treatment of pregnancy induced nausea and vomitings (First trimester).100 pregnant women attending the out patient department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Narayana medical college hospital, Nellore with complaints of nausea and vomitings in 1st trimester of pregnancy are recruited into the study after obtaining informed consent. These 100 were divided into two groups. 50 were given Ginger administration and another 50 were given Pyridoxine for a period of 35 days. During the period of treatment the symptom relief in both the groups are assessed periodically by visual analog scales .The results have shown that nausea and vomiting scores reduction was found to be much better in Ginger group compared to Pyridoxine group. Ginger administration is proved to be a better treatment in treating 1st trimester pregnancy induced nausea and vomitings.