Hyperemesis gravidarum

If you'd like to know further on the illness that possibly killed Charlotte Brontë, head for The Times' Health Features where Sarah Ebner has written an insightful and interesting article on it. And she mentions Charlotte too :)

I was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, an extreme form of morning sickness. It is potentially life-threatening (one theory is that Charlotte Brontë died from it); sufferers feel, and are, sick most of the time and soon become dehydrated. It is thought that 0.5 to 2 per cent of all pregnancies are affected by hyperemesis, and it can be very serious.

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