Since my sister became pregnant, she has been having this constant and strong headache virtually every single day. She has visited two different hospitals but no way out. In her antenatal place, she’s been tested for malaria, typhoid, etc but no trace of typhoid that could cause such headache. She was treated for malaria still the headache persists. The doctors and midwives said it is not a common case, and as far as I can see, they have not solved it. Another doctor thinks it is lack of blood, so she started taking blood capsules twice a day for over two weeks yet no way. She also eats fruits and vegetable all the time and looks fresh too but this headache won't stop . . . It disturbs me so much!

Please, who has experienced such, or has a solution for this? It’s her first and in the fourth month.

SolutionsGuy: Since my wife became pregnant, she has been having this constant and strong headache virtually every single day. She has visited two different hospitals but no way out. In her antenatal place, she’s been tested for malaria, typhoid, etc but no trace of typhoid that could cause such headache. She was treated for malaria still the headache persists. The doctors and midwives said it is not a common case, and as far as I can see, they have not solved it. Another doctor thinks it is lack of blood, so she started taking blood capsules twice a day for over two weeks yet no way. She also eats fruits and vegetable all the time and looks fresh too but this headache won't stop . . . It disturbs me so much!

Please, who has experienced such, or has a solution for this? It’s her first and in the fourth month.

take enough water very early in the morning.dont bother to thank me

Ensure that she also (in addition to earlier post) check her blood pressure constantly as well as get enough rest. She should also indulge more in fruits in form of smoothie to help reduce blood pressure. All the best.

yeah,please check her blood pressure,i have a friend who experienced it when preggy,her blood pressure was high.

Thanks! We will work on that.

Check both her blood pressure and blood sugar. She may have gestational diabetes.

Constant and severe headache (pregnancy or no pregnancy) should raise a lot of questions on the mind of any doctor....not only malaria and typhoid

The fact that she's pregnant makes it a lil more worrisome.
Gestational hypertension, pre-eclapmsia, etc should be ruled out.
let her see an OBSTETRICIAN ASAP!

Straight to her obstetrician ASAP.Could be anything but you want to rule out the most dangerous ones esp pre eclampsia.
Had same symptoms,my bp kept creeping up steadily from booking pressure of 90/60 to 120/80 to 200/150 .

upon all the nifedipine and labetalol given to me,It just never stabilised. Had to be delivered of baby at 36 weeks.Im lucky I lasted that long.I was sick of being hooked on bp monitor and ctg all day and night plus the steroid injection.
Do not joke at all with this,you could be saving the lives of your wife and child.

Babyblues: Straight to her obstetrician ASAP.Could be anything but you want to rule out the most dangerous ones esp pre eclampsia.
Had same symptoms,my bp kept creeping up steadily from booking pressure of 90/60 to 120/80 to 200/150 .

upon all the nifedipine and labetalol given to me,It just never stabilised. Had to be delivered of baby at 36 weeks.Im lucky I lasted that long.I was sick of being hooked on bp monitor and ctg all day and night plus the steroid injection.
Do not joke at all with this,you could be saving the lives of your wife and child.

yeah,had that too.though it wasn't detected on time.Had to change hospital at the 11the hour.Was on drugs till I put to bed and afterwards.OP do something asap, please take her for proper medical check up.

If she is tested free from maleria and the rest. let her take lots of water, her routine pregnancy folic acid and the rest ( or pregnacare) ., fruits and veges.
She needs lots of rest too.

Pls, let her do well to pretext herself from mosquito bites these periods. Not good taking all these medications during pregnancy.

Safe delivery to her.