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Minor Problems During Pregnancy
• Anaemia
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Tiredness
• Chest pain
• Backache
• Hyper-acidity
• Swelling of veins in legs
• Swelling of gums Fig: 14
• Muscular cramps
• Sleeplessness
• Constipation
• Numbness in feet and hands
• Piles
• Itching in the body
• Difficulty in sleeping
• Passing out of white fluid from the vagina
• Increase in the size of lower abdomen
• Abdominal pain
• Depression

Major Problems During Pregnancy
In some conditions, major health problems during pregnancy may occur which may be
fatal for the mother, or foetus or both. The major problems during pregnancy are described
below:
i. Swelling of hands, legs and face
ii. Frequent vomiting
iii. High fever
iv. High blood pressure
v. Severe pain in lower abdomen
vi. Chill and unconsciousness
vii. Bleeding from vagina
viii. Fowl smell in the vaginal fluid
ix. No movement of the foetus
x. Yellowish tongue and nails
If any of the above mentioned problems occur in a pregnant woman, she should be rushed
to the health post/hospital for immediate treatment treatment.

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