Dr. Kristin Ruzicki, Naturopathic Doctor, Calgary, AB

Dr. Ruzicki always had the intention of pursuing medicine, wanting to understand the intricate balance between illness and health While in university, she attended an information session from a naturopathic medical school, and she realized for the first time that a type of medicine existed that did exactly what she was always interested in, focusing on the whole person, while trying to blend the best of traditional and modern medicine. Since graduating from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2015, she has continued this passion by helping the whole family with a special interest in women and children's health, hormonal concerns (thyroid, menstrual concerns, menopause, stress), fertility, pre & postnatal care, autoimmunity, allergies, digestive concerns and fatigue. She values integrative medicine and being able to bridge the gap between conventional and naturopathic care. She uses a variety of approaches to care for her patients including individualized testing, nutrition, botanical medicine, vitamin injections, IV therapy, and lifestyle management. Dr. Ruzicki values integrative medicine and being able to encourage her patients to gain the best of both worlds, bridging the gap between conventional and naturopathic care. She enjoys treating the whole family with special interests in digestive health, hormonal concerns, fatigue, chronic infections, autoimmunity, and environmental medicine. When she is not at the clinic, Dr. Ruzicki enjoys spending time with family and friends, yoga, hiking, and snowboarding. She loves to travel, especially to sunny destinations, and is often exploring new cities in her time off. While attending Naturopathic Medical School, Dr. Ruzicki was an active member of Naturopaths Without Borders, organizing and volunteering on monthly clinic trips in Rocky Point, Mexico.

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One of the most common conditions women experience during their first trimester of their pregnancy is nausea and vomiting and although it is quite normal, it can cause women a lot of stress and fatigue as well as a loss of a lot of nutrients and fluids.

The cause isn’t fully understood. However, it’s mainly due to the increase – the exponential increase of hormones experienced during this time, mainly HCG, estrogen, and progesterone. These hormones have effects on all other cells in the body as well which can cause some of these gastrointestinal symptoms women feel.

Although nausea can be very frustrating and tiring for women, there are a lot of treatment options to help. Simple things like changing your diet and your lifestyle can make a huge impact, like having regular exercise or ensuring that there’s always food in your stomach. Having an empty stomach can actually make the nauseating symptoms much more severe. So keeping a snack in your purse or in your car will help alleviate some of these symptoms.

Dehydration is common in women with increased nausea and vomiting so it’s really important to find ways to replenish fluid in the body. If you’re not able to keep water down or have trouble taking in water, intravenous vitamin therapy is a great alternative.

With this treatment, your naturopathic doctor can also infuse vitamins directly into your blood stream. Vitamins such as B6 and B12 will help decrease the nauseous feeling as well as increase energy throughout your pregnancy. Again, it depends on the patient. And we often will design very specific treatment plans in terms of supplements and dietary change to help with these symptoms.  Lab tests, of course, play a big role in diagnosing digestive issues. So, we would look at systemic levels of inflammation. We can also measure hydrogen and methane on the breath to determine if there are any microorganisms contributing to these symptoms.  If you’re experiencing digestive issues of any kind and you’d like to learn more about what’s causing these symptoms, see your local naturopathic doctor.