Medical Health Care Advices

Preeclampsia Is the presence of high blood pressure in a pregnant woman, accompanied by loss of protein in the urine and fluid retention.

It is the most common medical conditions in pregnancy. May complicate eclampsia (seizures during pregnancy), HELLP syndrome (alteration in liver enzymes, low platelets and red blood cell destruction), pulmonary edema, renal failure, placental abruption, etc.

Signs – Symptoms

Preeclampsia occurs after the 20th week of pregnancy. It is characterized by:

High blood pressure (BP ³ 140/90 mmHg)

Edema (swelling) important

Weight gain greater than expected

Neurological symptoms: Headache, vision flashing lights, upper abdominal pain, reflexes excited.

Classification

According to the severity of symptoms and signs are classified as:

Mild preeclampsia: blood pressure is between 140/90 mmHg and 159/109 mmHg, and no neurological symptoms.

Severe preeclampsia: blood pressure greater than or equal to 160/110 mmHg, and there are neurological symptoms.

Risk Factors

There are factors that make a pregnant woman to have more risks than other to develop preeclampsia. These are: to be primigravida (first pregnancy), primigravida early (less than 16 years) or years (30 years), Obesity, black race, pre-pregnancy medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease.

Possibility Related Posts:

• Nutrition and Feeding in Multiple Pregnancies
  We know that maintaining good nutrition during pregnancy is extremely important, and much more it will be if the pregnancy is multiple as in this case we have to nurture the development of several bab...
• Prevention And Treatment of Preeclampsia
  Prevention The most important thing is prevention, so that all pregnant women be monitored with a midwife from the beginning of her pregnancy, the examinations that you ask your doctor and be aware...
• Preeclampsia
  Hypertension is the most common medical complication of pregnancy, some authors is the second medical complication of pregnancy only after the anemia is most common in young people during the first p...
• Pregnancy symptoms
  How does a woman if she is pregnant? These are some signs that may occur in early pregnancy: * Menstruation was suspended (although, especially among younger women, may take two or three months...
• Anemia During Pregnancy
  Anemia is a common condition during pregnancy. Means that the amount and / or size of red blood cells of women is lower than normal. Red blood cells carry oxygen through the body and the baby. The ...
• Hypertension
  High blood pressure or hypertension is a risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease. In most cases it is genetic, but can be prevented by leading a healthy life and taking the right medi...