A Descriptive Study to Assess the Minor Ailments and their Remedial measure Opted by Antenatal Mothers in Selected Hospital of Tarn-Taran, Punjab

Abstract

Pregnancy is the vital event in the life of a women, it need special attention from the time of conception to the postnatal stage, every pregnancy is unique experience for the women and each pregnancy that the women experience will be new and uniquely different. Due to lack of knowledge, pregnant women ignore minor ailments of pregnancy and opted different remedial measures like herbal remedies, exercises and allopathic medicines. These measures may undermine the women health by interfering with nutrition, sleep and outdoor recreation. A descriptive study was conducted to assess the minor ailments and their remedial measure opted by antenatal mothers in selected hospital of tarn-taran, Punjab by using convenience sampling technique, The findings of the present study Majority of antenatal mothers visiting in hospital experiencing leg cramps i.e.80% and nausea and vomiting (78%), backache (75%), heartburn (52%), ankle edema (28%) and minimum of antenatal mothers experiencing constipation i.e.16%. In nausea and vomiting mostly taking fruits, in relation to backache 43% take rest on hard bed, Regarding heartburn 20% avoid spicy and fatty foods, Refer to leg cramps 25% used leg massage and 12% were used other remedial measures to get relief from leg cramps.
Hence it is further recommended to do this study on large sample for better generalization. Moreover, an exploratory study can be done.