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intercurrent illness

An illness that happens at the same time as pregnancy symptoms but is not part of normal pregnancy changes.

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Multiple symptoms appearing together in pregnancy

Multiple symptoms appearing together in pregnancy

What it means when symptoms cluster In clinical language, a symptom cluster is a set of two or more symptoms that occur together and may influence one another. The idea is useful in pregnancy because the body is changing in several systems at once: endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and immune. A person may therefore […]