Food aversions
Food aversions means a person strongly dislikes the taste, smell, or sight of certain foods. Some women during pregnancy have aversions to particular foods.
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A 39-year old asked:
What's a food aversion?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What are food aversions?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Can sudden food aversion to anything sweet be a sign of diabetes?
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A 31-year old asked:
What treatment is available for food aversion in a child?
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A 21-year old female asked:
From which day of pregnancy food aversions may start ?
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A 40-year old male asked:
My 8 year old son has a sensory food aversion. Who can help him with treatment to start eating properly?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is it normal to have food aversions around the time of your period?
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A 51-year old asked:
Could it be healthy to have food aversions (fish) during a period?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is there a way to determine if your child has a food aversion versus an allergy, like peanut butter versus something cooked in peanut oil?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have all the signs of being pregnant discharge, food aversion, fatigue and today I started light bleeding could that be implantation bleeding ?
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A 26-year old male asked about a 21-year old female:
Wife nauseous w/ food aversions. Crave lean meat, salty food, and choc. No chkn,pork,fish. Headache/Nausea leaves w/ right food. PregTest=No,whats up?
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A 31-year old male asked:
My wife and I been trying for a baby...we worked hard during her ovulation and she's had food aversions and she's now spotting blood that seems a little different from her usual periods and this time the blood has no funny odour.. could she be preg?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Food aversions and i'm 8w pregnant. I mostly snack/eat on bread and cheese. I take prenatal vitamins. Should i worry about my baby's development?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Nausea, fatigue, dizziness, food aversion, smell sensitivity, slight cramping. What can that be from? What i thought originally is apparently wrong.
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A 45-year old female asked:
I been having heartburn and food aversion and other pregnancy symptoms for almost 2 months, but negative urine & blood pregnancy test. What could it be? What to do?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Im 7 weeks pregnant and I have been experiencing sever food aversion together with nausea. I believe i was injected with Zafron by my GP yesterday who said it should help with the morning sickness this safe?
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A 22-year old female asked:
11 weeks pregnant. I had minor symptoms no morning sickness. Little nausea. Food aversions changes in my breast. Now all symptoms are gone. Is this ok?
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A 21-year old female asked:
1m6dlate period nausea food aversion incontinence 1 pos hpt 3 n blood test should I get an ultrasound don't usually test until im 2m 5th pregnancy 1st?
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A 29-year old female asked:
11/13 spotted for 2 days no period nausea back pain mild cramps since then. bloated fatigue food aversions neg hpt 11/28 not sure what is going on?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Can having a pelvic cyst cause sensitive breast, nausea, food aversions, tiredness and make a period short with less bleeding?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Hi, can a fibroid mimic pregnancy symptoms like nausea, bloating, slight cramping , headaches, food aversions, and backache and darkening areola?
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A 18-year old female asked:
My period cycle was regular until I lost my virginity and had unprotected sex on nov 16. I experienced food aversion, nausea and delayed period which is why I tried to take pregnancy test twice and it came out negative. But my period is latefor50days?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Taken a pregnant test negative. Symptoms are food aversions, breast tenderness, nausea, fatigue. No sign of period early last month late this month. ?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I am officially 7 days late from my period. I took a pregnancy test on Monday, 5/31, was negative. Unbelievably painful lower abdominal cramping, nausea, headaches, food aversions, fatigue. Brown very light spotting for 7 days. Do I test again?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Its been confirmed that Im not pregnant by two blood tests. Im still showing all the symptoms, including nausea, fatigue, food aversions and cravings, and now a sore breast and cramps. Im not stressed. What could be happening if not pregnancy?
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A member asked:
Are pregnancy food cravings and aversions for real?
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A 48-year old asked:
Do genes determine aversions to foods?
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A 48-year old asked:
Are there links between laryngomalacia and aversion to foods?
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A 36-year old asked:
During pregnancy had extreme aversion to food and nausea. Anyone else had this beyond first trimester?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is it bad to have two glasses of milk a day when preg? Am having aversion to most foods except this.
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