Ear nose and throat changes observed in pregnancy in Calabar Nigeria

Abstract

This paper studies changes observed in pregnant women at the 3 stages of pregnancy in Calabar. Eighty pregnant women and eighty non-pregnant women were used. Most signs and symptoms occurred more in the first trimester while others occurred more in the third trimester. Vomiting, loss of appetite, excess salivation, Nausea gastro – esophageal reflux, fever, headaches otomycosis were predominant in our study.